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The bosses have a whole litany of buzz terms and phrases that are trotted out to confuse workers and cover up how the system works. Although this article is from NZ, what it talks about is prevalent across the capitalist world. "It happened again yesterday, on Morning Report. Air New Zealand boss Christopher Luxton airily deflected the interviewer’s awkward question: “No, Suzie, Im not going there because its commercially sensitive.” "This refusal to reveal how much US president Obama’s visit cost the company was accepted, because “commercial sensitivity” is among the magic words and phrases capitalism uses to protect its interests. "If you listen out for it you’ll hear, quite regularly, lines of questioning being cut off with these words. “Commercially sensitive” means the same as but sounds much better than “secret”. “Commercially sensitive” suggests that revealing facts and figures might damage the business in question and thus, somehow, somewhere down the line, damage the interests of ordinary people like you and me. "Pretence that private business interests are identical with the interests of workers requires constant. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/words-that-hold-workers-back/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
