tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post5339006124956748235..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: Indignities of laborJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-62372017419585491342011-08-16T10:04:40.920-05:002011-08-16T10:04:40.920-05:00I think one could define the free "internship...I think one could define the free "internships" that most young people go through now as "buying jobs" in a sense.Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-41298423372681559862011-08-12T08:06:52.545-05:002011-08-12T08:06:52.545-05:00Eh. It's already that way here, for those who ...Eh. It's already that way here, for those who need credentialing to secure employment. $50-80k is a pretty stiff price tag, to buy a job what keeps one from sweeping floors.<br /><br />I was referring to the ugliness that will follow when the floor sweeping jobs start to have obvious purchase prices attached.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-22593434750800621442011-08-12T08:03:05.427-05:002011-08-12T08:03:05.427-05:00Where it gets ugly, and probably sooner than later...Where it gets ugly, and probably sooner than later, is when people (as employees, as opposed to as workers) in the States catch up with people in the Ukraine, for example.<br /><br />My goddaughter's mother was born and raised in the Ukraine. She still has most of her family there. A few days ago, she was explaining to me during a long car ride that her cousin just had to pay almost $5k to buy a job. That there's no job in Ukraine, or throughout most of the region, which you don't get without buying it first.<br /><br />That's how it used to be here, and that's how it's going to be in the future (though I don't necessarily think that the purchase price will be set in cash, for cultural reasons).Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-45392895810619052022011-08-12T02:07:55.646-05:002011-08-12T02:07:55.646-05:00We visited the Baronette's home town recently,...We visited the Baronette's home town recently, and a church on the outskirts had a big sign out front reading "DEBT EQUALS SLAVERY."Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-11553246629372724072011-08-11T23:30:21.840-05:002011-08-11T23:30:21.840-05:00To step into the private workplace is to surrender...<i>To step into the private workplace is to surrender one's rights on a daily basis; surrendering them all the more, the more hours one works.</i><br /><br />Hence the term "wage slave" which is so apt in our current system. <br /><br />If you think about it, our "high standard of living" that we are so proud of has been immensely profitable to the capitalists. By exploiting workers in other countries, expanding access to credit, manipulating the tax code etc... the american worker has been duped into believing that he/she is better off than anybody else on the planet. And the capitalist makes a profit on both ends. Workers are given enough credit to keep the consumer driven economy chugging along buying disposable clothes, disposable fucking everything. Sorry, I got off topic...<br /><br />Yeah, rights at work? You serve at the pleasure of your master.<br /><br />Lots of great stuff in this post. It gets me all worked up.Aboniloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370224131559283053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-87555632732337710752011-08-11T17:32:22.085-05:002011-08-11T17:32:22.085-05:00Cüneyt, I'm excited about your new blog. Just...Cüneyt, I'm excited about your new blog. Just added it to the blogroll.<br /><br />Abonilox, I'm heartened you think so. The questions you regularly pose around your place are helpful to me too. <br /><br />Thanks.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-49482381459629096572011-08-11T16:52:17.952-05:002011-08-11T16:52:17.952-05:00Thanks for the post JRB. Very helpful to me at pre...Thanks for the post JRB. Very helpful to me at present.Aboniloxhttp://abonilox.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-71935419845512528562011-08-11T16:36:41.426-05:002011-08-11T16:36:41.426-05:00You see this rather clearly. Bravo.You see this rather clearly. Bravo.Cüneythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839492265797382364noreply@blogger.com