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Its strange, how companys replicate surveillance states inside- knowing how similar surveillance states have failed in the past on a larger scale. People stop i
by PicassoCTs 3y ago
Its strange, how companys replicate surveillance states inside- knowing how similar surveillance states have failed in the past on a larger scale. People stop innovating, the internal community breaks down, as the awareness of STASI snitches creeps in, the culture becomes a mere veneer, a face, a playact and behind that thin layer everything crumbles, as the people in power do black market trades with the resources they grabbed.
"We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay."
Surveillance societies are highly dysfunctional and destructive. You either have trust- or you do not have a company, one way or the other.
- gumballindie 3y agoCorporations love dictatorships - almost all of them suffer from the cult of personality, have a tendency towards draconian measures and love state money.
- namaria 3y agoCorporations are dictatorships. Having a corporate job is living in a totalitarian state one workday at a time.
- gumballindie 3y agoYet there are people out there that mindlessly defend various corporations and their products or spread their propaganda. Boggles the mind.
- namaria 3y agoNot to mention the 'startup' lifecycle: starts as "we're not just another corporation! we're fun! look at all the colorful toys we have" yet the goal is invariably to become a major corporation or get acquired by one. Especially jarring when they carry on all the fake coolness well into the later corporate stages...
- blitzar 3y ago“Don’t be evil” ...
- PicassoCTs 3y agoIt's don't be dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Comp Science University to be called "mister," thank you very much.
- derelicta 3y agoDemocratise them then. Turn them into workers co-ops. Ofc I don't say that to imply it's an easy task, but to remind people it's a tangible alternative to what we have to endure.
- namaria 3y agoI'd love to see more of that! I'm afraid corporations, consumerism and greed as a virtue are the mainstream right now. Times will be different in due course. I hope to live long enough to see other forms of civilization than this self destroying one.