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Posted: 26 Apr 2019

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The Denial of Death •
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Earnest Becker •
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Moral Politics •
George Lakoff •

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 Dinesh
Dinesh club
I used to wonder how people could stand the really demonic activity of working behind those hellish ranges in hotel kitchens, the frantic whirl of waiting on a dozen tables at one time, the madness of the travel agents’ office at the height of the tourist season, or the torture of working with a hack-hammer all day on a hot summer street. The answer is so simple that it eludes us; the craziness of those activities is exactly that of the human condition. They are ‘right’ for us because the alternative in natural desperation. The daily madness of these jobs is a repeated vaccination against the madness of the asylum. Look at the joy and eagerness with which workers return from vacation to their compulsive routines. They plunge into their work with equanimity and lightheartedness because it drown out something more ominous. Much have to be protected from reality. All of which poses another gigantic problem to a sophisticated Marxism, namely: What is the nature of the obsessive denials of reality that a utopian society will provide to keep men from going mad? ~ Page 186
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L. L. Wall club has replied to Dinesh club
... and also as a cadre of co-workers: "friends" in the workplace working together to a common goal under shared conditions/shared complaints ... a "safe" environment ... (and so the addition of a new co-worker with non-congruent personality can change the dynamic of the workplace: upset employees and reduced production) ...
7.4 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
There is a persistent and terribly damaging myth about our economy, namely, that American economy poverty can, in principle, be eliminated -- if only there is better education, more jobs, more opportunity, and if people will just work hard, save, invest, and pull themselves up by their boot-straps. This is simply false. Our economy as it is presently structured requires substantial poverty.

The present American economy requires that certain jobs have low wages: cleaning houses, caring for children, preparing fast food, picking vegetables, waiting on tables, doing heavy labor, washing dishes, washing cars, gardening, checking groceries, and so on. In order to support the lifestyles of three-quarters of our population, one quarter of our work force must be paid low wages. These are the people who make two-income families possible, because they take care of the house and the children, allow fast food outlets, restaurants, and hotels to exist, and perform other tedious unpleasant, unsafe, and physically difficult jobs that support middle', upper-middle, and upper-class life. ~ Page 421
7.4 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
The Denial Of Death
7.4 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
MORAL POLITICS
7.4 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
!!!
7.4 years ago.
 L. L. Wall
L. L. Wall club
... primary photo: eye-catching elements everywhere ... notable clarity and color ...

... the PiP is a great street-scene ...
7.4 years ago.

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