I suspect they are an ignorant bunch, easily conned with little sense of why they do anything. Management rarely operate in the best interests, merely their own (an common economic assumption). The view I'd like to develop is whether many of our deep assumptions on work and the economy are totally wrong and set in the ancien regime of serfdom. That is we are more serf than we think and held in that place by our own thinking.
On Oct 12, 8:17 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > My question is the politicians are quick to make cuts.. but have they cut > thier own salaries and expenses to save money?? > Allan > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:54 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Noel Gallagher (Oasis) declared his shame over the recent riots in > > Manchester. "Hardly the French Revolution" more about "Give us > > sportswear" - almost a song. Noel says he always wondered when the > > public would tumble to him not being very good as he and his brother > > rose to stardom. They were working class, the lowest of the low, but > > there's now another,lower class. Labour (our Democrats) is feeble, > > the Tories (our Tea Party somewhat disguised) are scum and there's no > > point in politics. > > > Our coalition government is bleating at the moment that their cuts > > have not made things worse, but better. Many still believe this > > austerity guff, though it makes no economic sense - the problem is > > debt, but this debt can't be cured by belt-tightening and saving for > > better days. Noel is as right as any pundit. > > > We have a number of side-shows including what is now hinted at as a > > bum-boy relationship on trips abroad, letting his 'friend' stay rent > > free in his second home (paid for by us) and advancing his 'mate' in a > > number of ways. The minister concerned is married, but so was McArthy > > etc. The issue is less one of rent-boy Toryism but that of a shadow > > arms' trade, though it's the former that will probably bring the > > minister down. > > > Unemployment and under-employment are massive - well beyond official > > figures. Our middle-classes and intelligentsia have no solutions and > > haven't been concerned to find any in the main - they get paid and > > think only in I'm All Right Jack terms. > > > Revolution in terms of honest policies and a leveling of unearned > > privilege turns any country doing it into a glass house with its > > people undressing with the lights off. No clever economic talk is > > really clever and the mainstream drivel cannot be taught by anyone > > honest (but it is taught). The levels of duplicity are nowhere more > > evident than in "communist" China, where housing is often squalid and > > 13 Ghost cities are built and empty. Get your head round being a > > 'commie boss' and that one! > > > In the UK we are worried that the EU has traduced our democracy - yet > > we aren't as concerned about banksterism. We are effectively a > > peasantry faced by robber barons. Our Peasants' Revolt (Wat Tyler) > > failed. You didn't really have one in the US against British colonial > > (via "business") rule either. The big ones in Europe broadly failed > > too. The 'soviets' never came about and the dream became > > dictatorship. We ended-up in imperialist wars, fought (whatever we are > > still told) with bankster money and over trading 'rights'. In my > > worst case scenario this is in so deep I have Churchill as a bag man > > for JP Morgan along with Blair. Any lack of evidence is either way in > > such conspiracy - the idea that the Allies were goody-two-shoes > > pales. The British Empire and European dominance fell and the > > American Empire rose. The French are as disgusting as the rest of the > > developed world despite a "revolution" - so perhaps revolutions are > > not what we think? > > > In one WB Yeates poem there is no revolution, just beggars on > > horseback exchanging places with beggars on foot. Do we need a new > > concept of revolution before we start? Everything I know about > > organisational change suggests we do. > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
