HUMANS SACRIFICED to ECONOMY
My mother is caught in this economic crisis. It could have been me. I worked at GM for about two years but left when a Human Resources clerk called me a misfit. I tried but just couldn’t quit reading the writing on the wall. My mother didn't work at GM because she was too busy looking after me and my four siblings. Mom is still able to look after me because my father managed to work at GM for 35 years and she is the beneficiary of his pension. Mom hasn't yet been told if she will be losing her pension but it would seem my mother will be one of many millions sacrificed to an Economy.
Unlike the pundits who know what they are talking about, I see no hope in an Economy its high priests insist demands human sacrifices. Watching efforts to restore the functions of a mythical junkie addicted to ever increasing infusions of cash leave me in despair. It is beyond reason why we cling to an imaginary god who organizes us into a giant pyramid scheme with a relatively small class of wealthy people at the top riding a larger workhorse middle class over a relatively huge class of poor living in horse shit.
I was utterly disappointed to learn President Obama's idea of “change we can believe in” was to strengthen the middle class and to restore the "American Dream" so kids playing basketball with hoops having no net could dream of having a basketball court in their own house. Each time I see President Obama I urge him to ignore the possibility of political crucifixion and inspire the transition from an out of our control vertical economy to a horizontal economy in our control; and in which though all of us are created with unique capacities, each of us will have for the first time in history the right to equal "life", "liberty" and "happiness".
Sadly he hasn't heard me and he probably never will without help for in a world wide web of experts I have absolutely no credibility. I am a 62 year old carpenter, a misfit, still supported by my mother, whose writing is off the wall. I am doing all I can alone; I can only hope for the collective effort needed to end the sacrifices.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 10:38PM
Reader Comments (1)
what does the utterly disgusting failure of gm as a company for not just years, but decades, have to do with "my mother will be one of many millions sacrificed to an Economy".
your mother's pension is in jeopardy because of gm itself. it has failed in its responsibilities to its employees, stockholders, and its customers, in addition to its many other failures, but this is not the nation's fault. it is not "the economy's" fault.
put the blame where it belongs.
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As I said "the blame...belongs" on the Economy. Blaming the label GM for its present crisis is however the prevalent view because it absolves us of all responsibility; but it is myopic. If you shoot GM you are going to bleed. Although GM has long been considered a great provider it is not an alien god that has failed its responsibilities to its employees. GM is a company of employees, a company of us who failed the company. GM didn't fail its stock holders and customers. Stock holders and customers are us and we failed the company of employees by demanding the greatest possible return on our investment and big gas guzzling vehicles.
Blaming GM for failing us is just part of the greater general practice of blaming an economy in withdrawal for vaporizing jobs and believing we need to pump massive amounts of money into the veins of the economy so that it can create jobs. The thought of Americans borrowing trillions of dollars from the Chinese to stimulate a mythical economy and repaying it over the next 1000 years would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic. To borrow some words from the famous statement by former President Clinton, "the economy is us stupid."
The money addicted economy will disappear as money addicted individuals disappear; and as money addicted individuals disappear human sacrifices to the economy will disappear. If money addicted individuals become more prevalent our irresponsibility to Humanity will increase accordingly and as a consequence it will go bankrupt. But what the heck eh? If it can't compete, let it die. Doug.E.Barr