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The problem is that no one has any direct control over the system. It is like any other big company. The call centre people are never responsible for the mess
by maurycy 17y ago
The problem is that no one has any direct control over the system.
It is like any other big company. The call centre people are never responsible for the mess the company made to you. However, if you do not want to devote significant resources, you are pretty much screwed up and yell at the call centre people.
The difference is that, in the most cases, you can just forget about the corporation and live your life. There is no opt-out from the IRS, though.
- thinkcomp 17y agoActually, if anyone has direct control, it's the Secretary of the Treasury. And as we learned from the confirmation hearings, he doesn't know how to pay his taxes any better than the rest of us.
- abalashov 17y agoThis was Fromm's particular insight about modern industrial civilisation; in past social and productive orders, it was easier to see your oppressor, often in singularity. But now, not only is his nature infinitely more obscured, but, in fact, he is a legitimately anonymous, organic whole. Nobody in particular to hold responsible.