"Cheap labor". That's their whole philosophy in a nutshell - which gives
you a short and pithy "catch phrase" that describes them perfectly.
You've heard of "big-government liberals". Well they're "cheap-labor
conservatives".
"Cheap-labor conservative" is a moniker they will never shake, and never
live down. Because it's exactly what they are. You see, cheap-labor
conservatives are defenders of corporate America - whose fortunes depend
on labor. The larger the labor supply, the cheaper it is. The more
desperately you need a job, the cheaper you'll work, and the more power
those "corporate lords" have over you. If you are a wealthy elite - or a
"wannabe" like most dittoheads - your wealth, power and privilege is
enhanced by a labor pool, forced to work cheap.
Don't believe me. Well, let's apply this principle, and see how many
right-wing positions become instantly understandable.
* Cheap-labor conservatives don't like social spending or our
"safety net". Why. Because when you're unemployed and desperate,
corporations can pay you whatever they feel like - which is inevitably
next to nothing. You see, they want you "over a barrel" and in a
position to "work cheap or starve".
* Cheap-labor conservatives don't like the minimum wage, or other
improvements in wages and working conditions. Why. These reforms undo
all of their efforts to keep you "over a barrel".
* Cheap-labor conservatives like "free trade", NAFTA, GATT, etc.
Why. Because there is a huge supply of desperately poor people in the
third world, who are "over a barrel", and will work cheap.
* Cheap-labor conservatives oppose a woman's right to choose. Why.
Unwanted children are an economic burden that put poor women "over a
barrel", forcing them to work cheap.
* Cheap-labor conservatives don't like unions. Why. Because when
labor "sticks together", wages go up. That's why workers unionize. Seems
workers don't like being "over a barrel".
* Cheap-labor conservatives constantly bray about "morality",
"virtue", "respect for authority", "hard work" and other "values". Why.
So they can blame your being "over a barrel" on your own "immorality",
lack of "values" and "poor choices".
* Cheap-labor conservatives encourage racism, misogyny, homophobia
and other forms of bigotry. Why? Bigotry among wage earners distracts
them, and keeps them from recognizing their common interests as wage
earners.
also see:
 http://www.conceptualguerilla.com/blurbs.htm
and:
http://www.conceptualguerilla.com/corporatefeudalism.htm -- scroll down
to where they're talking about neo-feudalism, not unlike corporate fascism!
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