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fasttense

(17,301 posts)
27. Well, I question that old saying "Jack of all trades Master of none."
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 10:12 AM
Feb 2014

"Instead of allowing all people to follow their entrepreneurial spirit into the endeavors that fulfill them, capitalism applauds the small number of entrepreneurs who capture large portions of mass markets. This requires producing things on a mass scale, which imposes a double-uniformity on society: tons and tons of people all purchase the same products, and tons and tons of people all perform the same labor. Such individuality as flourishes amid this system is often extremely superficial.

Have you seen the suburban residential developments that the housing boom shat out all over this country? Have you seen the grey-paneled cubicles, bathed in fluorescent light, clustered in “office parks” so indistinct as to be disorienting? Have you seen the strip malls and service areas and sitcoms? Our ability to purchase products from competing capitalist firms has not produced an optimally various and interesting society."

http://www.alternet.org/visions/7-huge-misconceptions-about-communism-and-capitalism?page=0%2C2

or thanks to xchrom

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024435332

As Marx said, “to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner… without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic.”


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"The State Of The Job Market Job Seeking Process Is Reducing Applicants To Desperate Beggars" GeoWilliam750 Feb 2014 #1
Exactly liberalmike27 Feb 2014 #15
Were supposed to be grateful for the crumbs and scraps they give us. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #2
People forced to take low paying jobs because that's all that's available The Wizard Feb 2014 #3
I dispute that Reagan's experiment "failed" nxylas Feb 2014 #11
True liberalmike27 Feb 2014 #17
We need a transition..... Adrahil Feb 2014 #4
But capitalism always pushes specialization. fasttense Feb 2014 #6
I'm kind of confused at what your suggesting.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #13
Some people actually like doing the same thing all the time Fumesucker Feb 2014 #22
Well, I question that old saying "Jack of all trades Master of none." fasttense Feb 2014 #27
I agree seabeckind Feb 2014 #37
Specialized training kills innovation seabeckind Feb 2014 #7
Afterthought... seabeckind Feb 2014 #12
But do you want people to actually DO? Adrahil Feb 2014 #14
That's exactly what I said seabeckind Feb 2014 #24
I'm not sure Obama would disagree.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #29
So why doesn't he? seabeckind Feb 2014 #31
Isn't he? I mean he just announced an effort Adrahil Feb 2014 #32
Have the company train the employee. PotatoChip Feb 2014 #33
Not a terrible idea, but.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #38
Excellent series of posts. Yavin4 Feb 2014 #35
Skilled trade Unions dotymed Feb 2014 #28
I agree. Adrahil Feb 2014 #30
The corprats and their GOP puppets LOVE that! n/t Triana Feb 2014 #5
They'd repeal the 13th amendment if they could seabeckind Feb 2014 #8
I hated the game of "Musical Chairs" as a child. canoeist52 Feb 2014 #9
This ^^ nt HomerRamone Feb 2014 #23
What if you could build your own chair? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #34
And place it where? And who would care? (See how that "can-do" spirit is a load of crap?) WinkyDink Feb 2014 #36
"And place it where?" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #44
Hucksters canoeist52 Feb 2014 #46
I thought you were speaking of capitalism, as in, needing buyers. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #47
It's not just capitalism that needs buyers. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #49
Don't quite understand what you're advocating here... canoeist52 Feb 2014 #39
Well, if you're going to stand there waiting for someone else to hand you a chair Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #45
du rec. xchrom Feb 2014 #10
They outsourced all of the good manufacturing jobs n2doc Feb 2014 #16
There's the rub. seabeckind Feb 2014 #25
K&R.... daleanime Feb 2014 #18
I refer to it as "serve or starve." ArchTeryx Feb 2014 #19
We need to make this #1 on our priority list Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #20
It may be a Reagan problem, but Democratic presidents did not help. Mass Feb 2014 #21
I Certainly Agree On That. Obama's Major Weakness Is That He Believes In Getting Along TheMastersNemesis Feb 2014 #26
Remember what President Clinton told the Nation while selling "Free Trade" to America? bvar22 Feb 2014 #40
I Was Really Pissed When He Pushed That. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2014 #41
He fell for nothing dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #42
You Are Probably Right TheMastersNemesis Feb 2014 #43
He didn't fall for anything. Is it possible that after all this time, all the exposure, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #48
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