tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4134887666759898843..comments2024-03-28T16:06:13.977-05:00Comments on driftglass: Days of Future Pastdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72058269801098580292013-10-03T12:50:02.889-05:002013-10-03T12:50:02.889-05:00Driftglass: You bring up a very interesting point ...Driftglass: You bring up a very interesting point that I've not seen discussed in depth on other blogs and certainly not in the mainslime media, and that is the death of the American dream as it relates to work itself. While there is discussion about the economics and politics underlying income redistribution, I think there's a more sinister undercurrent that is hard to measure, and that is the contempt that the Tea Party/Rethuglicans/Whores for the 1% have for people who do real work accompanied by Amurricans realizing that the American Dream ("work hard and you'lll be rewarded") is total BS in many businesses/organizations (not all). This whole undermining of "work" and valuing it and the people who do it is a fundamental repudiation of one of our sacredly held beliefs. I don't believe many individuals are willing to "metabolize" into their mental/physical beings and I don't hear or see discussion on it. While there are some who do work hard and experience reward and success, I don't think it holds the power it once did in our mythology. Sorry, didn't mean to go on a tangent, but your experience is so common for so many, unfortunately. Reminds me of the sardonic "Phases of Project Management" meme I've seen for years in Corporate America. The last phase is reward the guilty and punish the innocent, which to me correlates to Sullivan being rewarded for towing the corporate line.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13653628541805890612013-10-03T10:16:43.963-05:002013-10-03T10:16:43.963-05:00Wow, nobody should have to work 100+ hours a week....Wow, nobody should have to work 100+ hours a week. (For those too lazy to do the math, that translates into 14-15 hours a day, every day.) That kind of wage-slavery is what we associate with China and similar countries!<br /><br />"When you're born in this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you're given a front-row seat." --George CarlinMister Robotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724938709642010624noreply@blogger.com