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20. He must be talking about the military or a government bureaucracy

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 06:48 PM

Feb 2014

Corporations, especially those in the services sector, rely on their employees initiative, judgment, and flexible response to business needs. Corporations that attempt the military chain of command model usually fail.

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"It's ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations ..." [View all] Scuba Feb 2014 OP

k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #1

Noam Chomsky make this issue so clear that even a simpleton should understand indepat Feb 2014 #2

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it." Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #5

Key advice for anyone mired in a bog-dwelling subthread bobduca Feb 2014 #37

At least Stalin finally croaked. Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #3

No, no. They are good and just and will lead us into the the Next Age of Humanity. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #4

du rec. the bill of rights doesn't apply inside the work place. nt xchrom Feb 2014 #6

If everyone had a guaranteed income first, they could choose freely to work for a corp, or not. reformist2 Feb 2014 #7

K&R.... daleanime Feb 2014 #8

, blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #9

K&R woo me with science Feb 2014 #10

Amen Noam colsohlibgal Feb 2014 #11

Chomsky is such a windbag. There are millions of small, family businesses KittyWampus Feb 2014 #12

Congrats cannondale Feb 2014 #14

Starts with a K Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #48

Yep, we all will get wealthy landscaping each other's yards Fumesucker Feb 2014 #15

getting "wealthy" is your straw man. Chomsky has no point. We do have a great amount KittyWampus Feb 2014 #21

Talking about corporations as 'authoritarian' is hardly Libertarian stupidity Enthusiast Feb 2014 #26

And now we've stretched the definition of libertarian to include "Doesn't like corporations." JoeyT Feb 2014 #32

Those aren't examples of 'freedom' cprise Feb 2014 #50

But what small businesses do not realize is that what keeps them going -- the oil and other JDPriestly Feb 2014 #16

I am pretty sure most small business owners understand the concept of infrastructure. KittyWampus Feb 2014 #23

Still, you should read the Palast book, Vulture's Picnic if you haven't already. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #25

Read a book? Are you kidding? Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #49

'small business' ...I've heard 'Koch Industries' stillcool Feb 2014 #28

When posting stats like that you need a link dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #29

Get back to us when you are a huge corporation that owns a few politicians. Rex Feb 2014 #33

You can't possibly be so dense that you think he's talking about small mom & pops. Marr Feb 2014 #36

Dear Lord. Please, make me into such a windbag. Coyotl Feb 2014 #41

It's not that there aren't small businesses in this country. fasttense Feb 2014 #43

He Poopoo in your Grand Illusion Bowl? fascisthunter Feb 2014 #45

The fact is qwertyq Feb 2014 #46

Chomsky isn't the windbag. You Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #52

K&R! Phlem Feb 2014 #13

Yes, employees "taking orders" from their bosses is, indeed, effectively Stalinism. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #17

Never heard of the guy MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Feb 2014 #22

Once you start reading liberal forums regularly you will hear of him a lot. Coyotl Feb 2014 #42

Hey, thanks for a direction MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #44

Ain't THAT the truth Rider3 Feb 2014 #19

He must be talking about the military or a government bureaucracy FarCenter Feb 2014 #20

The same employees the large corporations conspire against in order to hold down their wages? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #27

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #24

kick woo me with science Feb 2014 #30

Jeffersonian. moondust Feb 2014 #31

Yep. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2014 #34

K&R n/t Michigan-Arizona Feb 2014 #35

Ain't that the truth marvinsacco Feb 2014 #38

K & R ctsnowman Feb 2014 #39

No truer words jsr Feb 2014 #40

We Need Balance in Our Country fascisthunter Feb 2014 #47

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #51