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      The Co-option of Dilbert by The Man as an opiate for the wage slaves
                                        
> “Something's not quite right here, guys … you poke constant fun at stupid
> corporate behavior—but never examine the underlying reasons for that
> behavior … you have become the champions of millions of insecure abd
> beleagured office workers—and yet Scott Adams told Newsweek he supports
> corporate downsiging!
> 
> “I'm begining to think you're providing a valuable service for all those
> idiotic bosses you parody—by giving their employees a safely value that's
> just edgy enough to ring true, without inspiring anyone to actually
> question the fundamental assumptions of corporate America … and which, of
> course, fits nicely on a plethora of spin-off merchandise!”
> 
> “That reminds me … have you called our broker lately?”
> 
> “Yea—he says we're richer than Bill Gates.”
> 

“The Trouble With Dilbert [1]”

A very interesting (if long) look into Dilbert [2] and the reasons why it's
not only popular with wage slaves, but with their corporate masters as well!

[1] http://free.freespeech.org/normansolomon/dilbert/book/
[2] http://www.dilbert.com/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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