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>We are usually so overworked, or constantly worrying about when we will work next, that we really have very little time to fight back or even to enjoy ourselve

• loup-vaillant 12y ago
  Feature, obviously. Your boss wouldn't want a pesky union in his company.
• chillingeffect 12y ago
  Strange attractor. It's not the we can't enjoy ourselves, it's that the exhaustion of work affects the kind of enjoyment we seek. Instead of going for a nice, long empty walk for free, we feel we have to spend $30 at the movies. Or we don't have enough time to cook, so we spend $50 on a restaurant. Both of these activities keep the "economy" flowing, by constantly moving money out of our hands. I don't believe us working hard enough to ensure that we can only entertain ourselves by spending money is a diabolical plan. But I think the evil part is when we're influenced to think that we need to spend all that money on ourselves...
  • Roboprog 12y ago
    The tone in the article that your employer wants you exhausted is a bit weird. Sure, there are probably a few megalomaniacs that want unchallenged world domination, but most employers are simply ordinary people who want more money by you doing more work. Exhaustion might be a very real effect, but I don't think it is usually a goal of an employer.