Thursday, October 27, 2011

Noam Chomsky for Kids


When I say kid, I mean me.  Noam Chomsky has equated most modern-day employment in the US to "wage slavery".  I suppose he's referring to the absence of collective bargaining that an individual faces when determining his wages with a Firm, particularly when the Firm treats the individual like a replaceable, replicable commodity.  I suppose the approach in these Firms is "Get with our rules or get out".  Almost a forced conformity that a factory worker may feel in an assembly line.  A line of mannequin, not men.  I wonder if he ever imagined such a fate as a child. "When I grow up, I'm going to be a dummy, like daddy".  


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gandhiji's non violent method would suggest refusal to take ANY compensation other than as per the original contract.

Anya said...

Thank you. I will proceed accordingly.