[lbo-talk] Liza Featherstone on SBUX

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 30 12:10:03 PDT 2008


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Dwayne Monroe <dwayne.monroe at gmail.com> wrote:


> And, an excellent example of something I've grown increasingly
> interested in: the way self-styled neo-businesses mask timeworn forms
> of labor exploitation with a veil of pleasant phrases and egalitarian
> imagery.

The cruder examples of this have filtered into just about everywhere -- how often do you see an employee called an employee? It's always associates or partners or some such. Big box stores seem to specialize in this, but maybe that's because their signs are public.

-- Andy



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