Comments on: Assembly Line Employees http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/assembly-line-employees/ Ideas, Opinions, Discussions Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:10:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/assembly-line-employees/#comment-223 Robert Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:36:25 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=99#comment-223 Yes, we are lucky enough to live in a free country where we have basically abolished the physical slavery method. I say basically because there are still farms and other businesses in the country that abuse the immigrant workers as if they were the same as slaves minus the whip (and there are likely some of those still in existence). Anyway, we have replaced this with a form of mental slavery as you have mentioned. I totally agree. On top of mental slavery, we have financial slavery. Our country instituted the "minimum wage" to help keep workers from being abused. However, I would like to see someone actually live on it. It's more of, "here is a token of our appreciation just so you will have enough money to buy milk and bread and maybe even have a clean sheet to sleep on each night" wage. The lines separating the "haves" and "have nots" is continually widening. The middle class, which was the staple of our society has been replaced by various versions of poor. Slowly, the middle class has become the class of mental and financial slaves. Yes, we are lucky enough to live in a free country where we have basically abolished the physical slavery method. I say basically because there are still farms and other businesses in the country that abuse the immigrant workers as if they were the same as slaves minus the whip (and there are likely some of those still in existence). Anyway, we have replaced this with a form of mental slavery as you have mentioned. I totally agree.

On top of mental slavery, we have financial slavery. Our country instituted the “minimum wage” to help keep workers from being abused. However, I would like to see someone actually live on it. It’s more of, “here is a token of our appreciation just so you will have enough money to buy milk and bread and maybe even have a clean sheet to sleep on each night” wage. The lines separating the “haves” and “have nots” is continually widening. The middle class, which was the staple of our society has been replaced by various versions of poor.

Slowly, the middle class has become the class of mental and financial slaves.

]]> By: Bob http://www.synapticdomination.com/2008/07/assembly-line-employees/#comment-222 Bob Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:15:39 +0000 http://www.synapticdomination.com/?p=99#comment-222 You are right,I work a 10 hour shift 4 day work week. it is a perfect schedule for me and my wife, she also works the same schedule. You made the comment that we are not slaves, I will agree that we are not slaves as most everyone will give the description about beatings and hard work. But I have a different interpretation of being a slave, since beatings are no longer legal,there is a different type of slavery. That being mentally overworked, only paid enough to keep you in debt, never making enough money to move on. If you are on social security, you will get paid only enough to barely get by, and some of these people have to decide between food or medicine. Some of the retirees were fortunate enough to have a nest egg set aside to help them through their later years but most are not as fortunate. Most people that are in charge of the pay raises for social security or even in charge of raises for the employee on the lines , don't have any idea what it is like to work from paycheck to paycheck trying to make ends meet. Even during this major housing crisis, we still read about the big bank executives leaving with millions of dollars in perks and bonuses even though the bank was left at or near bankrupt. If you can remember the old song by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Part of the song went something like this " I owe my soul to the company store". I believe that is about where we are at the present time. Whether it be credit cards, car payments, medical bills, insurance, house payments or a multitude of other bills. The rich just keep getting richer and the poor just keep getting poorer. Another song that most everyone remembers isn't that old. It is sung by Allan Jackson. Part of the song goes like this " what happened to the little man". You are right,I work a 10 hour shift 4 day work week. it is a perfect schedule for me and my wife, she also works the same schedule. You made the comment that we are not slaves, I will agree that we are not slaves as most everyone will give the description about beatings and hard work.

But I have a different interpretation of being a slave, since beatings are no longer legal,there is a different type of slavery. That being mentally overworked, only paid enough to keep you in debt, never making enough money to move on. If you are on social security, you will get paid only enough to barely get by, and some of these people have to decide between food or medicine.

Some of the retirees were fortunate enough to have a nest egg set aside to help them through their later years but most are not as fortunate. Most people that are in charge of the pay raises for social security or even in charge of raises for the employee on the lines , don’t have any idea what it is like to work from paycheck to paycheck trying to make ends meet.

Even during this major housing crisis, we still read about the big bank executives leaving with millions of dollars in perks and bonuses even though the bank was left at or near bankrupt. If you can remember the old song by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Part of the song went something like this ” I owe my soul to the company store”. I believe that is about where we are at the present time. Whether it be credit cards, car payments, medical bills, insurance, house payments or a multitude of other bills.

The rich just keep getting richer and the poor just keep getting poorer. Another song that most everyone remembers isn’t that old. It is sung by Allan Jackson. Part of the song goes like this ” what happened to the little man”.

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