The United States is a democracy, and yet it's powered by autocratic corporations. Its engines are fascist. Nothing democratic about them. Paradoxical, wouldn't you say?…
There's a pretense about democracy. Blather about consensus and empowering employees with opinion surveys and minority networks. But it's a sop. Bogus as costume jewelry. The decisions have already been made. Everything's hush-hush, on a need-to-know-only basis. Compartmentalized. Paper shredders, e-mail monitoring, taping phone conversations, dossiers. Misinformation, disinformation. Rewriting history. The apparatus of fascism. It's the kind of environment that can only foster extreme caution. Only breed base behavior. You know, if I had one word to describe corporate life, it would be 'craven.'
Moral Hazard (2002)
Use the link below to read a 2011 interview with Australian novelist, essayist, activist and memoirist KATE JENNINGS:
http://theincblot.blogspot.com/2011/04/kate-jennings-on-writing-snake.html
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