Undercover Boss, Feel-Good Captalist Propaganda
Yesterday I caught two episodes of Undercover Boss on CBS. I, living in my bubble and not really being one to watch the programming on CBS, had never even heard of this show. It’s about the heads of companies going undercover as one of their own lowly employees. They say they want to “investigate” their [...]
Hate Mail and the Larger Problems of Humanity
I don’t understand hate mail. I don’t get what magnitude of hate propels someone to write a hateful letter to someone; I simply cannot comprehend it. In some ways I think a person would have to be insane to do that, and I’m not exaggerating. It’s understood that if one is visible and controversial, one [...]
The Union of Capitalism and Democracy
Capitalism and Democracy are not actually compatible civics. They have been staying together, somehow, for all these years, but they should most definitely get divorced and die alone. I think my metaphor has started becoming morbid and not quite fitting. What I mean to say is that Democracy relies on the assumption that the public [...]
