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I have told my coworkers that walking around in some sections of the office feels like walking around in Eastern Germany. Pretty much the same posters and also
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I have told my coworkers that walking around in some sections of the office feels like walking around in Eastern Germany. Pretty much the same posters and also the obvious disconnect between the messages in the posters and reality.
- ShabbosGoy 8y agoI noticed this too. What do you think it means, in the context of the culture of SV?
- extralego 8y agoThis is a well-researched and frequently discussed topic in critical theory circles. What it means is not much up for debate anymore. It means corporations have more in common with authoritarian regimes than is obvious. They are systematically cold and all-powerful, and merely acting out the typical series of behaviors that cold and powerful organizations act out. By definition, corporations have no social commitment to the society within which they operate and this seems to be at the heart of the issue. Be careful to note the difference between authoritarianism and socialism. They do not favor one another. In fact, they are mostly in opposition if anything. Socialism concerns social and economic structures and authoritarianism concerns governmental structures. You might like a book called Brave New World by Audus Huxley. It’s a science-fictional narrative that explores the potential of human society to succumb to these cruel structures.
- mc32 8y agoI think they know it helps to mold people one way, to get them to "drink the cool-aid" as it were, in a cool "Soviet retro" kind of way. Art in ideology isn't much different from art in propaganda (i.e. advertising), it serves similar purpose.