The Bottom Line and The Colour Mauve

It is scary how these corporations rule the life of the lower classes. It is scary how they demand more and more out of the bodies of their employees....while returning very little and inadequate compensence for that labour. This period now, is like it was in the middle of the 19th century. Nothing has changed. I have thought this before, off and on, for many years,when I mull over things...long before I worked for a corporation of this size. It is not as if one can leave the exhaustion at the door when one leaves one's shift. It takes hours to recover.

Can you believe it but the corporaton's policy is to nigardly dole out ' designated amounts of time' to be used by the supervisors...who desperately have to scramble to compensate for the inadequte designation...to schedule any employees for work...They must not schedule more work for the employees than designated as needed by the corporation and the amount designated is only in relation to amount of product sold...

It is no wonder that the younger generation does not have the same 'work ethic' as the previous generation. It is no wonder that they do not have 'company loyalty' as I have seen it written about. It is no wonder they switch jobs as they see fit. Why should they do any of these things. What are these companies doing in return for this labour which allows only a very lowly living standard....while they reap profits...with which, who knows, what they do. Something loud and flashy now doubt. But nothing to aid the world in any real way in its sorry sorry state.

Even on a local level...never mind the incessant pollution to the earth....by the waste generated with all the crap produced...even on a local level...where a simple thing...like directling food items most poor people would never buy (deli things for instance) to people who are hungry for half of the month...even then...their policy is to throw out garbage cans full of useful food. All it would take is a little organization. But then that would be money spent on something other than profit, wouldn't it. Better to come up with a lame excuse about food poisoning or something along that line.

All this reminds me of the book "Mauve"...which I got out of the library a few years ago and which is a most interesting and informative book. It is about how the colour mauve came into being in the middle of the 19th century...amidst the chemical fiascos and experimentation and river pollution and death and sickness of workers. A lot of it was because of the ignorance or man and the consequences of greed.....just like now. All those names from that century...(well not all of them, but many)...who made themselves very rich by inventing something, or creating a process...and all on the backs of the poor.

This latter phrase has become a cliche unfortunately. Even though it is an appropriate picture that is painted by the words.
When you read the book you become so aware that in 200 years nothing has changed. It is frightening. Only the players and the details have changed. The consciousness...no.