by noddy » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:33 am
a prison and a fortress are the same design, the only difference is who controls the key.
every damn rule that allegedly protects the "worker" also adds to the lists of responsibilities of the company .. we are now at the stage where a small business cannot maintain the list of lawyers and accountants and occ health people required to meet legislation.. large corporates who can spend lots of money on such things are the only people that can operate in our current environment.
my small collective is absolutely illegal, we exist purely because we havent been busted yet - we dont have all the super,healthcare and workerscomp and and and required and nor do we earn enough to provide it.. its our own personal responsiblity to cover that out of our own wages... im happy with that yet would find myself in the absurd position of being sued for exploiting myself if we come to the attention of the law.
i dont want to live in your prison, i dont care if corporates make lots of money, i do care if children who think they can fix humanity with punitive laws keep making an environment that is only able to sustain corporates.
you even need paper work to operate a shovel now days, only a corporate has the fat to provide this level of official "training"
those horribly energy inefficient mc mansions you dont like are compulsory, legislated... im not allowed to build a modest dwelling out of reclaimed materials to a budget i can afford.
another contrary example is the esperance lead disaster in wa - every layer of government took environmental taxes and licensing, the company ignored the rules and used dangerous lead powders instead of the compressed stuff they where meant to, every level of government claimed it was another level of governments fault the rule wasnt enforced.
its still happening, lead dust is still going everywhere, yet all those laws exist and all those layers of government are collecting tax for not enforcing laws that dont mean anything ... if you are a large corporate that employs lots of people and pays lots of tax money.
job security is demanded by the same people who demand corporates have too much clout.
go figure.