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I support the policies of the big 3 and the UAW together as much as I support the policies of the paramilitary and rebel guerrillas of Colombia, or the militari
by DaniFong 18y ago
I support the policies of the big 3 and the UAW together as much as I support the policies of the paramilitary and rebel guerrillas of Colombia, or the militaristic policies of Israel and the PLA. Not at all.
Dehumanizing is exactly the word I meant. The lure of safe income was used to render incapable and irrelevant a great many human beings. Now they are scarcely fit for work. What now?
"I felt like I was useless -- like I was put out to pasture," he said. "It's just like how they treated the veterans. During the war, we were heroes. When we came back ..."
We are all party to stupid choices that these industrial behemoths have made. But laying blame won't solve all the problems. We need to specifically confront and dismantle the practices, organizations, and mindsets that lead us into this mess.
- time_management 18y agoThe lure of safe income was used to render incapable and irrelevant a great many human beings. Now they are scarcely fit for work. What now? Board positions!
- ojbyrne 18y agoAnd that's exactly it. Some people are rendered as "labor" and others are rendered as "management", and their paths diverge significantly after age 40, not based on competence, but on social connections.
- Elepsis 18y agoI would argue that your social connections are very much based on your competence (albeit in an often different skillset).
- time_management 18y agoThe kinds of social connections that result in F-500 CEOship are not acquired, but inherited or (in rare cases) purchased.