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Re:I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers v... by smolder on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:18AM (#22289266)
Shouldn't they be our friends, since "we" are their workers as well as their customers? Doesn't it seem strange we become our own adversaries when we go to work?
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Re:I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers v... by arkades on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:50AM (#22289535)
No, because you go to work to fulfill someone else's agenda, not yours. If you do not execute their agenda, you are replaced by someone who is.

As a free-market capitalist, I feel funny having to go back to communism 101, but: management is not your friend. Ever.

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Re:I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers v... by smolder on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:05PM (#22290923)
I didn't ask for truisms.

I asked a rhetorical question which targets the issue of wasteful exploitation being the default where cooperation would have a lot of upsides.

In the best interest of a whole society, sometimes you have to cooperate to end wasteful competition (e.g. form utilities), and sometimes you have to compete to end wasteful cooperation (e.g. break up monopolies or cartels)

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