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It's not just the stigma that labor's gotten, it's the language that's infiltrated our thoughts. Giving a generous maternity leave is "leaving value on the tab
by jbooth 9y ago
It's not just the stigma that labor's gotten, it's the language that's infiltrated our thoughts.
Giving a generous maternity leave is "leaving value on the table". Evading taxes via the double-irish or contractor/employee loopholes is "creating shareholder value".
It's like Gordon Gekko and George Orwell collaborated.
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoYou might enjoy George Lakoff's writing on what he calls "reframing." This article is about the 2016 Presidential election, but it's equally applicable to this topic: http://www.salon.com/2017/01/15/dont-think-of-a-rampaging-elephant-linguist-george-lakoff-explains-how-the-democrats-helped-elect-trump/ http://www.salon.com/2017/01/15/dont-think-of-a-rampaging-el...