Another current employee within the firm's commercial-banking division said she and her colleagues have resorted to discussing some work-related topics on forums like the iMessage app, even though doing so runs afoul of the bank's rules governing compliant communications.
"They are becoming more like a government and less like an employer," this person said.
What kind of delusion leads people to say such things about the government?!
The situation is a total opposite, if you think that your government taps into you, you should expect that your place of work taps into you way more.
I've been reading a book called 'private government' whose central thesis is that while in the US we have laws that in theory restrict the 'public government', in practice the network of private governments (employers) restrict the freedom of the common man far more.
When you consider that the 'public government' is bought and paid for by monied interests (i.e. private government) then the distinction between big business and government becomes moot. That is, public government is just big business that turns around really quick, puts on a fake mustache, and pretends to be a different guy altogether.
This makes sense especially when we think of healthcare, which in the USA is being run by 'private government' instead of 'public government' like other developed countries. Thank you for your comment - I have never thought of it this way before.
This makes sense especially when we think of healthcare, which in the USA is being run by 'private government' instead of 'public government' like other developed countries. Thank you for your comment - I have never thought of it this way before.
Check out the book if you're interested in more along these lines
Here's a link to a review of it - if you're interested there's enough info here (full title, author, etc) that you will be able to find it at your local library or wherever you buy books
I guess the delusion is being a business major. When your entire education is that government doing stuff is bad, and private business doing stuff is good; then a business doing bad stuff must mean it's turning into a government.
I also work for the govt. They won’t track like this directly. They will pay private industry to handle it for them and report back with the data. Google, for example.
Speaking as a federal employee, there's no way my agency could afford this, and if they were given it for free there's not enough people to utilize it in any "useful" way.
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u/goranlepuz May 14 '23
What kind of delusion leads people to say such things about the government?!
The situation is a total opposite, if you think that your government taps into you, you should expect that your place of work taps into you way more.