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corporatism = hedonism ???

ManiacJack
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Posted 08/18/08 - 09:44 AM: Subject: corporatism = hedonism ???	#1
Wiki: "Hedonism is the philosophy that pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit." Well, in a capitalist society, money is what goes around. We are bombarded with the notion that money equates happiness [my generalized assertion for the day] in pop-culture, media outlets, school, and probably even within our own family. But the worth of the dollar is not intrinsic, but in what you can purchase with it. Severe inflation shows this to be the case [I do wonder what is absolute in the market]. Legal Tender might be a choice word. That this notion that money = happiness is hedonistic, ala superficial and based on emotional satisfaction [fill that void in life through consumption], and the same rings true for corporations. Money, to the corp, is happiness. Nothing else matter. I've worked some crap jobs; they all seem to like the corporate ethic; Texas has a 'right to work' law which means you can be dropped at any time for any reason [though, none of those discriminatory reasons are applicable]. From within, it seems that people value their paycheck more than each other- and in fact it is encouraged with rules of the business that enforce dislike between employees. There is the common rules of the environment that subjects of the business should not talk about money, politics, or religion- which means conversation is relatively meaningless. So, everyone talks about what they just bought with their money. "I've found momentary happiness!" they exclaim. "I've located modern Hedonism," I reply. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- My question: Is this an accurate analogy? What of the negative/positive associations of hedonism and corporatism?
My dear friend, Kevin Shaffer, on Ringtones: How else are you supposed to individualize yourself when all you ever do is stand in a checkout line?

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