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0 pointskfk12y ago0 comments

> I'm anti-huge power lobby, unless you can find one that does much more good than harm

This is the core of the thinking behind a dictatorship

> People are under pressure to be sheep already if you work one of these 'jobs'

What pressure? People are asked to work in exchange of money. Which means this system, however imperfect, still sees people as useful and productive and, thus, still gives them a chance

And it's elitist because you are creating a clear division between those that are productive and those that bring no value and that actually are a negative investment (because they do "fake" jobs). You really think you can put a mentality like that in place without creating elitism and potentially an even more uneven society than today?

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Broken_Hippo12y ago

I obviously didn't proofread that first one. I am in general against centralized power unless it does more good than harm. Healthcare, for example, holds power, but I'm surely convinced that the decentralized power that health insurance companies have is superior to government-managed health care that is done right (I'm in Norway now, and from what I can observe, works for the user's health benefit)

Asked to work? Most of us Have to. At the bottom rungs, keep your mouth shut, dress like the accepted average, and fit in with the company's culture. No creativity or input actually needed. And no questions trying to learn things. You don't need to know what the management knows. This isn't pressure? How many 32 year olds working in fast food views their job as useful or productive?

Using the 32 year old with the fast food as an example... do they feel they are valued? Likely not. Fake job, but it is a job. I somehow doubt this would change much.

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