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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:44 PM Jan 2013

Americans Too Indifferent About The Abuse Of Other Workers.

The abuse of workers will continue to get worse because too many Americans and American workers are indifferent or hostile toward abused workers. The fact that so many Americans continue to support employers like Walmart and others who exploit and abuse their workers make the labor situation worse.

The meme "If they don't like their job quit and find another" is absurd because they undermine their own work situation. And workers rights will continue to deteriorate until the mind set in the country changes.

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Americans Too Indifferent About The Abuse Of Other Workers. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jan 2013 OP
Message deleted by the DU Administrators People b4 profits Jan 2013 #1
People tell themselves "Hey, he can always quit" to convince themselves that they are happy and Brickbat Jan 2013 #2
I agree Peace_Sells Jan 2013 #3
People are afraid to lose their jobs so there upaloopa Jan 2013 #4

Response to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
2. People tell themselves "Hey, he can always quit" to convince themselves that they are happy and
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:49 PM
Jan 2013

secure in their own employment, not like that other guy. They would also rather tear down someone else than build up themselves. It's bizarre.

Peace_Sells

(146 posts)
3. I agree
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:54 PM
Jan 2013

I especially hate thought terminating cliches such as "If they don't like their job quit and find another". I hate how so many will tell americans to get a job even though they know damn well how bad the economy is. Not to mention other cliche platitudes such as "just deal with it", "get over it", "life's a bitch" ect. What kind of people think like this? I wish we could get americans to boycott walmart until they treated their workers better but americans like consumerism too much.

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