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To: tsigprofit who wrote (8683)	3/18/2004 1:39:39 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Most of them by definition are going to be average. I don't see how that kind of fact can be insulting. You think it is blatantly untrue that most people are average or below average in their field? If you have new information on how to deal with the statistics of populations, I would be fascinated to read up on this. If you do not, I fail to see how the truth can be insulting. I will use the world "below average" instead of "suck" if you prefer. And you still don't address that fact that you were willing to throw me to the Bush camp because we disagree on one issue. goodness

To: tsigprofit who wrote (8683)	3/19/2004 4:20:31 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20773

Re: Do you really believe that - that those that lose their jobs must have been the mediocre or average ones? That is the point I take offense too - as it is blatantly untrue. However, it does provide comfort for those that wish to ignore the issue. More accurately: "...it does provide security for those that wish to ignore the issue." Goddamit, Tsig! Of course, those left behind, those skilled workers chucked out of the corporate paradise are not "mediocre losers" --but so what? Are you gonna tell the millions who can't keep up with the Jones that they're just "unlucky"? We are not playing "Monopoly" here! It's real life... with real money, flesh-and-blood people... communities... children... etc. Hence you need a "moral narrative" to keep it all together, you need a mythology, a value system, however flawed and hypocritical, to explain away the miseries and the jinx of your less fortunate compatriots... You can't just blurt "tough shit!" to laid-off symbolic analysts and computer nerds... You sweet-talk them into believing that they've been slipping... they are now "below-average" and need to "work hard" to get back in the loop.... You can't tell people that some of them will luck out and others will fade out --regardless of their skills, credentials,... Lotery may work for granting green cards to foreigners but it would be the shortest way into revolution if (openly) applied to the job market.... Think of the job market as one gigantic musical chairs of sorts... open to millions of participants. The trick is to fool people into believing there are as many chairs available as they are good, hardworking players... So, when the music stops, all of them are sure to get a chair...