Lowfatlikeus


Lowfatlikeus Joined Thu 03/26/09 Posts: 2	Wed 09/30/09 08:01 PM Topic: Hegel's Dialectic
Can we all take a deep breath and step away from the totalitarianism-in-the-USA Koolaid? The "total" in totalitarianism refers to the forcible elimination all competing allegiances, such as clubs, religions, etc. Nothing remotely approaching that has ever transpired in the US. The very fact that so many things are so often disputed is evidence that there is at least something to the idea of a dialectic. A modern version that is of some use is "Polarity Management".

Lowfatlikeus Joined Thu 03/26/09 Posts: 2	Wed 09/30/09 07:50 PM Topic: Hegel's Dialectic
Totalitarianism is rampant in the work force... I would definitely agree with that. However, I think that is as it should be. If one Is employed to do a job, I think it is the obligation of the employee to do exactly what they were hired to do, not what they think should be done or what they want to do. And if they don't do exactly what they were hired to do, I don't think the employer should have any obligation whatsoever to pay them for not doing it. But when "the government" dictates what both the employers and the employees should be doing, it is then, by definition, totalitarian. It may be called "democracy" or "socialism" or "communism". But it is no less totalitarian.