From: Barking@The.Moon   
      
   > I had a great career, eight years' worth and every indication of it   
   > continuing (with a major software company), until my team got a new   
   > manager. Turned out he was one of those with very black-n-white ideas.   
   > He told me to my face that I had no right to have a good job, that I   
   > should rot in prison. He then set about destroying my career and   
   > finally was successful in creating a situation where he could fire me.   
      
      
   Government allows and even promotes this type of vigilantism. It is a sign   
   that the legal system is acting out of desparation, the dying gasps of an   
   imploding beaurocracy.   
      
      
   > >This is corporate policy, and this is law. These policies and attitudes   
   have   
   > >gradually crystallized over many many years of wars, unrest, riots,   
   slavery,   
   > >etc etc etc. This is probably the origin of many of the silly licensing   
   > >requirements as well, such as chauffers licenses, barbers license,   
   > >bartenders license, etc. As long as a license is required for these   
   > >occupations, they can effectively prohibit you from owning your own   
   > >business - forcing you into poverty and hopefully death (evidently).   
   >   
   > The aforementioned company had no problem with my background; they   
   > knew of it from the first day we talked. So did every manager I ever   
   > got. None of them had a problem with it either. Just this one guy.   
      
      
   I've had issues like that many times. I think that many people in that   
   situation probably just commit suicide, but the DOJ dosent want to keep   
   stats on that shit so there is really no way of knowing other than   
   anecdotes. But, I think that it's pretty obvious whats going on, murder via   
   employment deprivation.   
      
   God Bless America !!   : )   
      
      
      
   > >I think that it lends a lot of insight into a whole new dimension of   
   > >historical attitudes, and how people in the US have practiced capitalism.   
   > >There are really 2 sides to the coin. One the one hand you would like to   
   > >become as wealthy as possible, but the flip side of the coin is that   
   there   
   > >is a tendency to try to drive others deeply into poverty out of spite.   
   > >Economists have ignored this phenomena - but it is very real. There is a   
   > >clear motivation to prevent ex-cons from ever working again. Economists   
   are   
   > >in DENIAL if they do not recognize this cruelty, and it's impact on the   
   > >economy. Talk about going to college to get stupid.   
   >   
   > I don't know if the desire to drive others into poverty is done out of   
   > spite though; there is only so much wealth to go around. For everyone   
   > that grabs a larger slice of the pie, someone else gets a smaller   
   > piece.   
   >   
      
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