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In reply to the discussion: For anyone who wants to know how shitty late-stage capitalism is: [View all]ShazzieB
(21,134 posts)25. There are far too many employers in this country that would rather not have human employees?
They hire humans, because they have to, but they expect those humans to function as much like robots as possible. I'm grateful that I was able to avoid those kinds of employers for the most part, but there were a few along the way that had unnecessarily rigid rules about something or other. For no reason, except "We've always done it this way."
I don't know exactly why the U,S, lags so far behind most western European countries in so many areas that greatly affect the well-being of human workers and those who depend on them, but it's a real problem, and it sucks. And yet we're all taught that we just have to live with it if we want to earn a paycheck. It's wrong, SO wrong.
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I don't think that the anti-compassion rules have spread as thoroughly in other cultures
lostnfound
Apr 29
#5
There are far too many employers in this country that would rather not have human employees?
ShazzieB
Apr 30
#25
I'm a Physical Therapist and I see how there are psychopaths among us who would drain the life of another human to keep
LT Barclay
Apr 29
#9
It's our country more than our species. "America doesn't have a culture -- it has an economy."
eppur_se_muova
Apr 30
#24
But, hey, at least here in 'Merika we ain't nebber going to go SOSH-A-LIST! Why, we're FREE
PatrickforB
Apr 30
#27