I think one of the most telling signs of the times was the changeover from “personnel departments” to “human resources”.
That put people on the same level with everything else, whether it is fuel, raw materials, energy, whatever ... people are just another resource.
That dehumanizing change comports with the gradual loss of citizenship evident when we have become a “population” rather than the citizens of our nation. Bacteria can “populate” a petri dish, wildlife “populate” a habitat, one can “populate” a spreadsheet with numbers.
A resource is something to be used for the benefit of the owner. A population must be managed.
This might sound like quibbling, but it is a way of looking at people that is different than thinking of them a citizens of a republic. Citizenship means something, take the Apostle Paul for example, the Roman governor was going to scourge him until Paul appealed to Cesar as a Roman Citizen. Then the governor totally changed his attitude towards Paul, and his behavior. Citizenship is special, it means something, it carries rights and privileges.
But being part of a population looked upon as just another resource is different.
This cell phone thing is just another way to manage the human resources that populate the country. I don't like it.
One other thing - all this “connected” stuff doesn’t impress me at all. Networked, connected, in the cloud - bah humbug!
The day is coming when mentioning the name of your nation will be a crime. Any references to personal origin or geography will be by trading sector grid coordinates only.
How about "communeity" in place of "neighborhood"? As in, "Give back (socialism) to your communeity."
No more cities or towns. You live in a communeity.
yitbos
very well said.
‘_______changeover from ‘personnel departments’ to ‘human resources.’
Just wow. I am very surprised to see this subject/job title brought up.
I have a family member who originated that position for the aircraft company he worked for back in the late ‘50’s.
He was sent off to another state, and in very many ways ‘administered’ to other employees who were being transferred from the home base, usually on a short term basis, and he was called a “Personnel Administrator.”
Sometimes, a ‘Field Base Administrator.’
He opened 2 other field bases in 2 additional states during his career.
By the time he retired in the mid ‘90’s, the term ‘human resources’ was around.
Not in his office - ‘Personnel Adminstrator’ to the end!
It's either rollback or collapse at this point.