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Can I assume you do not employ people? Then are you yourself a wage slave?

In Reply to: More response to our favorite troll posted by Samuel Day Fassbinder on October 06, 1999 at 15:52:25:

: : How many jobs do you provide for people, Sam?

: SDF: Is that how virtue is defined these days? The creation of wage slaves?

That is such a dopey term. Nobody is a slave, except those who think of themselves as slaves. Supposing a person is perfectly content with working a 9 to 5 job and meets all his obligations? He goes to work, comes home, turns on the boob tube and drinks a 6 pack. He's not interested in amassing a fortune. He's content. Doesn't care about Marx or Smith. Is he a wage slave, or is he your typical blue-collar worker?

Follow Ups:

• Condescending. Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA October 07 1999 (13)
  • & here's why... Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA October 07 1999 (12)
    • The worker can leave any time he wants to and start his own company. Frenchy October 08 1999 (10)
      • No he can't Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA October 10 1999 (4)
        • Nikhail, son of SDF. Frenchy October 11 1999 (3)
          • Sickening and evasive Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA October 13 1999 (2)
            • Take two aspirin, call me in the morning.... Frenchy October 15 1999 (0)
            • Why be sickened when you can make a profit? Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA October 13 1999 (0)
      • No compulsion, no start-up capital, no reality to cope with, just myth Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA October 10 1999 (4)
        • Cahone power. Frenchy October 11 1999 (3)
          • Frenchy's Crutch Quincunx October 13 1999 (2)
            • Qx's envious nature. Frenchy October 16 1999 (1)
              • Frenchy's Grand Mal a la Tete Quincunx October 23 1999 (0)
    • As usual--- Stoller October 08 1999 (0)