May 22 2010, 05:15 PM
QUOTE(lin00b @ May 22 2010, 04:54 PM)
i have to disagree, does contribution to society only comes through blood and sweat? how about thinkers, philosopher and researchers?
I think you're missing the point. What kitteh was saying is that it's immoral for a certain few privileged people to prosper over the backs of other people's work, regardless of whether it's the farmer, the factory manager or the teacher. The "blood and sweat" wasn't meant to be taken literally.QUOTE(lin00b)
no one actually forced the workers to work for the bosses.
Really? In this world, you either work for someone, or you're the boss. If you're really lucky, you will work for someone who won't exploit you. If you're a person of good-heart, you will treat your employees well without exploiting them. Unfortunately, there's too much of the former, too little of the latter.I will let my friend, Tom Morello, explain further:
QUOTE(Tom Morello)
America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.
Replace America with any other country, and you'll still get the same result.
Granted, there's people out there who treat their workers as more than just sweatshop factory mules, but they are few and far between.
This post has been edited by VMSmith: May 22 2010, 05:16 PM
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