05-12-2017, 06:59 AM
(05-11-2017, 03:35 PM)David Horn Wrote:(05-11-2017, 03:28 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: The days when companies really cared about their workers is long gone. Rather than treating them as assets to be develop they are usually considered costs to be cut. Now we are constantly told that we need to more than ever be the masters of our own destiny. The philosophy goes something like this: you are starting to accept that willpower is on your side. You are the only one that can redirect your energy. You are the only one that can decide where your focus needs to be. Be wise. Have heart.
This passage does sound like something out of the Smokey the Bear School, doesn't it?
It's the mantra of the moneyed elite. They made it; so can you. Of course, not everyone has the personality, drive and basic skill set (or the ability to acquire them) that their ever so cute philosophy requires. Too bad for them. They know it works ... for now.
Also the mantra of the Self-Help BS industry, which IMO to a large extent is just perpetuating this sort of ruling class ideology among us peons.
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