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Kid Berwyn

(23,789 posts)
8. "Nothing personal. It's just business."
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:06 PM
Feb 5

That’s what the Ownership Klass often says when ordering H.R. to lay off a third of the plant or newsroom…

Labor is a cost to be minimized. In the old days, they could sell their slaves or just kill them all off, if their owners wanted to. No problem, as people were their property.

Your outstanding words remind me of Göthe who observed:

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

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That's a healthy way of looking at it MustLoveBeagles Feb 5 #7
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"Nothing personal. It's just business." Kid Berwyn Feb 5 #8
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