tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post8350579117918586846..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Review: The Wage Slave’s GlossaryMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-15444878303179717352011-12-19T11:46:35.050-06:002011-12-19T11:46:35.050-06:00Anon., I’m sorry if I misread your tone. The conte...Anon., I’m sorry if I misread your tone. The context here was questions of work. The produce in my fridge and on my counter is picked by workers who are ill-paid for the labor. I wear clothing and used electronic gadgetry made by workers who are ill-paid for their labor. I “buy local” (yes, it’s a cliché) and buy fair-trade products as possible. So yes, I consider myself complicit in economic structures that are far from just.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-40648538565791659852011-12-19T10:01:17.747-06:002011-12-19T10:01:17.747-06:00Dear Mr. Leddy, you are not at all "under oat...Dear Mr. Leddy, you are not at all "under oath" nor being deposed. I am not asking in fact about your political position, which you rightly note has been very clear in your blog. Nor do I quarrel with it.<br /><br />Democrat-Republican is not a topic for me. What is interesting is that so many governments courtesy of both parties, from city to state to nation, here as around the world, are crashing up against liquidity problems, after having financed yesterday on a credit card with the bills coming due now all the while these same governments are trying to refinance/rollover existing debt while wanting to borrow yet more.<br /><br />I think we are all doing the best we can, and that also is not the point of my queries. I was intirigued by your personal connection of economic injustice and your complicity, as you termed it, in it.<br /><br />I don't judge myself complicit, nor do I find you complicit. I find that the situation requires us to not accept that we are somehow complicit in such corruption as the Blago conviction exemplifies, and such mismanagement as the massive growth of debt evidences. Just because one votes does not mean one also rubber stamps criminal acts, which would make one complicit.<br /><br />So my question was certainly not an attack, and I am sorry you felt it so. My question was perhaps misstated. Let me try again:<br /><br />Why do you feel yourself "complicit in all sorts of economic arrangements that are far from just?" From where does this self-perception arise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-4898508143625864102011-12-18T11:52:21.161-06:002011-12-18T11:52:21.161-06:00Am I under oath?
I don’t understand the purpose o...Am I under oath?<br /><br />I don’t understand the purpose or tone of your questioning, Anon. My political slant is pretty obvious from posts I’ve written. I’m one person, trying to do the best I can, sometimes by myself, sometimes with others.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-11946041560393892942011-12-18T09:47:16.296-06:002011-12-18T09:47:16.296-06:00Yes, to some it really is that fascinating. Fascin...Yes, to some it really is that fascinating. Fascinating enough to go back to find this in the "Older Posts."<br /><br />If you feel "complicit in all sorts of economic arrangements that are far from just," all the while the state has gone from a bond debt of about 9 billion about a decade ago to 30 billion today, it sounds like "economic arrangements that are far from just" are overtaking the state, with the predictable outcome of less social and economic justice, not more.<br /><br />Is your perceived complicity as broad as the state's policies into travail, or only as wide as "where to shop and what to buy?" It is a fascinating question to a curious mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-2871662879070769252011-12-15T10:18:25.913-06:002011-12-15T10:18:25.913-06:00Is it really that fascinating? I think it’s the si...Is it really that fascinating? I think it’s the situation of any modern consumer. I make what choices I can about where to shop and what to buy.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-89196324627556006702011-12-15T02:24:10.046-06:002011-12-15T02:24:10.046-06:00"I’m complicit in all sorts of economic arran..."I’m complicit in all sorts of economic arrangements that are far from just."<br /><br />Fascinating. What are you doing personally to change this complicity in a tangible way, other than holding an opinion about it being "far from just?"<br /><br />This is an earnest question, the answer to which I look forward to reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-50544286482953282662011-12-13T08:14:27.648-06:002011-12-13T08:14:27.648-06:00I think I’m fortunate in the extreme to do the wor...I think I’m fortunate in the extreme to do the work that I do. And I know that from the food in my fridge to the computer on which I’m typing, I’m complicit in all sorts of economic arrangements that are far from just.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-76383809668974145342011-12-13T03:21:18.899-06:002011-12-13T03:21:18.899-06:00At what numerical wage level is the "wage sla...At what numerical wage level is the "wage slave" no longer a slave?<br /><br />One notes that the entity which publishes and vends this product -- a book -- operates in the capitalist model, and apparently must also employ "wage slaves." One sees it available through Amazon, which this blog seems to indicate among the masters of wage slaves. So....<br /><br />Is a teacher in a school at any level a wage slave? Are you a wage slave? <br /><br />Some personal insight from you would be most interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com