Corporations want slavery
Conservatives worry that the U.S. might limit imports of slave labor.
Chomsky recently blew my mind by saying that corporations are totalitarian states. Makes sense. At work you have no rights but those which the company gives you. At work, you have no 1st amendment right to gather together to discuss grievances. So corporations are like tyranny zones, places within the U.S. where our constitutional rights are nullified.
Chomsky also argues that slavery has not ended in the U.S. (Warning: He takes a long time to say anything, but he's worth listening to.)
In sum, there are two forms of slavery: wage and chattel. Under chattel slavery, the slave master owns his slave, and therefore has an incentive to take care of him so that he'll last longer. Under wage slavery, the slave's life necessities are not the master's concern. If the slave dies, another can easily take his place.
Which is why corporations protested giving us health care for so long. Poor people are cheap. If one dies, there's always another one.
From Crooks and Liars
Chomsky recently blew my mind by saying that corporations are totalitarian states. Makes sense. At work you have no rights but those which the company gives you. At work, you have no 1st amendment right to gather together to discuss grievances. So corporations are like tyranny zones, places within the U.S. where our constitutional rights are nullified.
Chomsky also argues that slavery has not ended in the U.S. (Warning: He takes a long time to say anything, but he's worth listening to.)
In sum, there are two forms of slavery: wage and chattel. Under chattel slavery, the slave master owns his slave, and therefore has an incentive to take care of him so that he'll last longer. Under wage slavery, the slave's life necessities are not the master's concern. If the slave dies, another can easily take his place.
Which is why corporations protested giving us health care for so long. Poor people are cheap. If one dies, there's always another one.
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