A partial response to a message received from Josh Liston: For people working at businesses which essentially hire slave laborers at minimum wages, or perhaps slightly above minimum wage, (fast food, retail, maintenance [lawn, automotive, etc.], and so on), the worker likely isnt as worried about the greater good of their actions. Theyre more than likely trying to survive, to keep a roof over their head, food on the table, etc..... Which is exactly what these corporations want those workers to be thinking about. They want the workers to be worried about buying a brand new car, a bigger house, flatter television; they want them to visit restaurants or other fast food establishments, shopping outlets, retail outlets. This isnt solely in the US, either; its an almost universal thing that is occurring. Considering minimum wages in Asia is almost disparate. The other day I was thinking on how important it was for government to be able to provide basic living standards for the people. In the US, clean water is cheap. There ought to be housing for cheap, too, so homeless arent in need of shelter. There should be community owned and operated gardens, perhaps with livestock; so people who cant afford food will have it available to them at virtually no cost. Instead, the burden is left with large corporations. Corporations which exist actively lobbying to gain subsidies FROM the government, which reduce the cost it takes to continue, essentially, generating more profit. Think about that... Its bonkers. We shouldnt let for-profit corporations be the middle-man when it comes to food, water and shelter. These things should be the burden of the government, the people themselves. But as it is, industries exist to keep our basics needs met and they all tie in with each other in intricate ways. Automotive industry supports Food industry, which supports practically all other industry. The point here is that in order for these industries to exist, there has to be workers for them. However, it seems, if the industry or any business serving an industry is trying to be profitable, those workers arent going to be getting a fair share of what they might deserve. Profits have to be made somewhere, and its more than likely NOT from their product. The product may not even be where the profit is made, unless its like a mining or farming or logging or oil or energy manufacturer. This is where I lend myself to socialist aspects of governing, instead of leaning on corporations for the servicing of populations in need of basic survival stuffs--things that are necessary for providing an equal-opportunity-quality-of-life--it should be the responsibility of the government, or more frankly, the people. But the people have shown that were less responsible than we ought to be; naturally, by allowing these corporations to fool us into accepting the alternatives they offer. We dont consider the cost of what it takes to get a steak on our plate, the gas in our vehicle, the light shining in our homes, the freedom and peace of mind within our national borders. We neglect our global, international responsibility to share what weve learned. The daily slave labor, the paved roads leading us to and fro our jobs, our favorite diner, our grocery stores, favorite TV series, sporting event and so on and so on--these serve as distractions from what we know we should do. We should want to share, to spread, the quality of life we have felt... universally share it, perhaps even to expand on it. So that others suffering from hunger pangs will no longer hunger, so that those freezing at night will instead have warm beds to sleep in. So why not work hard for what you know to be right? Because the options we have to work hard at something, something truly meaningful are so limited. Limited because we have settled in our ways, settled into the visions these large corporations have created in their own image. The dreams of individuals has been almost snuffed out by big business. Small businesses really have to offer competitive, innovative alternatives (like they should). But it shouldnt be as hard as it is, in my opinion. We should be seeking fresh alternatives with the technology our ancestors have left us. We have these industries which are actively trying to survive (seeking profit) by convincing us those fresh alternatives arent reachable, that these new technologies are hard to acquire; that our dependence on the current system is NECESSARY. But it is NOT necessary, its merely a want, a desire to continue on with what our parents knew--with what weve grown to know.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 04:30:09 +0000
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