[lbo-talk] _for_ what? (was Stop Flogging <...>)

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu
Fri Jan 14 09:32:36 PST 2005


Chuck O:


> But you know what? I don't buy this sob story about overworked
> Americans. These folks are making a choice to work their butts off.
> Their conscious decision to work all the time not only sabotages their
> families and their health, but it shortchanges social change movements.
> It's hard to accomplish anything when people are working overtime so
> they can buy more cheap plastic crap. Paying the rent is one thing,
> working your ass off to live in some suburban mansion filled with
> plastic crap is another. There are many poor people in America, but
> there aren't exactly many breadlines.
>
> People need to work less. Fuck work!

Thanks for tipping your hand, Chuck. A-hole.



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