Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
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Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#2Edward DeBono calls democracy a "dictatorship of the majority", i.e. we vote in a new dictator every 4 years.
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#3Edward DeBono calls democracy a "dictatorship of the majority", i.e. we vote in a new dictator every 4 years.
That idea was discussed quite long ago in such terms[0], during the founding of this upstart little republic.
[0] at the time, they used 'tyranny of the majority'
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#4Yep, and then people said we need a businessman running America and surprise they got someone who wants to run it like a dictatorship.
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#5Edward DeBono calls democracy a "dictatorship of the majority", i.e. we vote in a new dictator every 4 years.
Except the courts override a lot. And he doesn't make any actual laws(although regulations are trouble enough half the time).
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#6generally because most people work better with supervision.
For the person that downvoted me what are you doing on HN in the middle of the day if you're so personally motivated.
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#7Wait till all new businesses run on Aragon, District0x and Ethereum.
Bye bye oligarchs
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#8generally because most people work better with supervision. For the person that downvoted me what are you doing on HN in the middle of the day if you're so personally motivated.
This guy doesn't understand time zones.
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#9Agree. The central idea behind capitalism is a hard logical division between employment and ownership, so it's almost tautological to say that workplaces are small tyrannies- but it's good to see someone say it. I mean, I think the real issue with our democracy might be that we've never experienced it on a personal level, so we don't really understand how government by the people is even supposed to work. Our day to day experience is authoritarianism, so that's what we project on a national level.
Re: Americans think they live in a democracy. But workplaces are small tyrannies
#10Agree. The central idea behind capitalism is a hard logical division between employment and ownership, so it's almost tautological to say that workplaces are small tyrannies- but it's good to see someone say it. I mean, I think the real issue with our democracy might be that we've never experienced it on a personal level, so we don't really understand how government by the people is even supposed to work. Our day to…
I have the same thoughts every July 4th. I ask myself 'what exactly am I celebrating here?' Our rights and freedoms seem heavily curtailed and most people have to work and are wage slaves in service of their debts.
I am debt-free, but have not yet managed to extract myself from this system. Health insurance is a big reason why.
Also, there are few part-time jobs that pay anything and although I have been attempting a career downshift, I can't find decent paying work. It's either I kill my body as a software developer and make decent money but work way too much, or I go be a $10/hr schmuck checkout clerk, I guess. I need that in between thing...but it's not there...on purpose.