Opinion Sur
Regarding unemployment as disciplinarian
Maintaining full employment could cause social and political changes that would give a new momentum to those who oppose the leaders of the business world. In a regime with permanent full employment, the “layoff” would no longer be a disciplinarian measure … leaders of the business world appreciate more “discipline in the factories” and “political stability” than profits. Their class instinct tells them that, from their point of view, full employment in the long run is not a good policy and that unemployment is an integral part of a normal capitalist system.
Michal Kalecki, Polish economist deceased in 1970
Regarding an anesthetized soul
They have tried to anesthetize our soul with the insinuation that nothing can change.
Francisco (Pope Francis)
Regarding the sadness trap (*)
- Nothing good can be done with sadness
Arturo Jauretche
- The sad thing is to be defending what we have achieved and not thinking about new things.
Paola Barrientos
(*) In Spanish encerrona (here translated as trap) means a situation prepared beforehand in which someone is placed to force him to do something against his will.
