DMcG ...I think that you'd be utterly amazed at how similar our views are on this

Quite possibly. I have misunderstood people before and no doubt will again. My views on it are well expressed in a song by Alex Glasgow (who was a Trotskyist, so you may not have got on too well!)

---(extract) ---
The notice on the factory door declared that they want "Hands";
I've seen the notice many a time, and now I understand.
It's hands they want, and nowt beside,
Not hands with dignity or pride:
Just hands, hands, hands, lads,
Hands, lads, hands.

These hands seen through the master's eyes are simple horny hands.
They've got no bellies or brains attached, they're nowt but horny hands
These hands have got no hopes nor fears,
No mouths to feed, no bairns to rear.
Just hands, hands, hands, lads,
Hands, lads, hands.

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So in short, I don't want to be the sort of person who employs hands rather than people. I hope you do too, whether it is a cleaner, or more indirectly the bar staff, or the soul on the supermarket till.