At Crooked Timber, a thoughtful and deep discussion of libertarianism as a defense of corporate tryants in the work place. So much freedom for my boss and generous patron, she who rules us all, and so little for me. Yet, I have freely chosen to wear her collar. I don't have to work in Wealth Bondage, I could choose to live in the Dumpster with my mentor, The Happy Tutor. And service to Mistress Candidia gives me the greatest joy. Let It Bleed - Libertarianism and the Workplace. Were I free of her surveillance and control, from her disciplines and punishments, from what she calls her "incentives," I would not know what to do, who I am, what to think, or what life is for. I grew up this way. Some call it abuse. I call it, Moma! I wonder if all libertarians were abused as children? Maybe not. They may just never have worked for my boss. It would take a special person to defend corporate freedom after what I go through daily. Yet, in return all I ask is the chance to fawn. Seldom is the privilige granted. You have to earn it, she says, teasing me with her boot tip. Only then will I be truly free. Freedom is perfect service.
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From the commanding heights of Wealth Bondage (the utilitarian worldview held in common by business, governments of all nations, and many large NGOs), the grassroots nonprofit sector sprawls as an unruly, ill managed, voluntaristic hotbed of people getting things done without being managed from above by docile experts, reporting to Managers, reporting to Executives, accountable to Flows of Funds and those who control them. The nonprofit sector produces citizens (a term popular as feudalism in Europe and America was upenended in revolution), actively engaged in their community. Whereas what we need more of is less personal and political liberty, fraternity, and equality, and more freedom for employers and Masters of Business Administration, their Executive Managers, and Social Investors, to tell us what, when, how often, as well as how.
Everyone wants to get results. Everyone wants freedom. I would settle for a good job and a good boss, wouldn't you? Then maybe some day I can be the boss and others will have to kiss my boots. That is justice enough for me. I guess I can't blame my boss for being sadistic, when I would just love to revenge myself some day too. "I want results!" God, I would love to bellow that down the hall someday myself, as I stride through with my clipboard and stopwatch.
Posted by: Phil Cubeta | July 18, 2012 at 03:55 PM
;-)))
Isn't the real question "Are we having fun yet" ?
Posted by: Jon Husband | July 18, 2012 at 09:17 PM