12/8/2011, 4:49 pm
Comrades, can we be thankful enough for Dear Leader's prescience and vision? In his searing and historically poignant speech on the economy, Dear Leader uttered with reverberation worthy of a demigod...
"Over the last few decades huge advances in technology have allowed businesses to do more with less, and it's made it easier for them to s-set up shop and hire workers anywhere they want in the world. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the Internet."
Who could not see the incisive brilliance quoted here? It's the technology, stupid! Technology denies jobs to the toiling masses! In fact, if technology is allowed to advance unhindered by government, fewer people than ever will be using shovels! People will enjoy an elevated standard of living that threatens our very equality (I mean that of us who are in the Inner Party, of course). But if we follow the wisdom of Dear Leader, think of all the jobs that will be saved:
Yes, thanks to Dear Leader our future looks brighter and brighter every day.
"Over the last few decades huge advances in technology have allowed businesses to do more with less, and it's made it easier for them to s-set up shop and hire workers anywhere they want in the world. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the Internet."
Who could not see the incisive brilliance quoted here? It's the technology, stupid! Technology denies jobs to the toiling masses! In fact, if technology is allowed to advance unhindered by government, fewer people than ever will be using shovels! People will enjoy an elevated standard of living that threatens our very equality (I mean that of us who are in the Inner Party, of course). But if we follow the wisdom of Dear Leader, think of all the jobs that will be saved:
- Switchboard operators (no longer just a hazy memory from Laugh In)
- Steam engine manufacturer
- Rotary dial telephone repairman
- TRS 80 vendor
Yes, thanks to Dear Leader our future looks brighter and brighter every day.
And yet he also keeps making speeches about how we need to "invest" more in science and technology, so as to . . . how did he put it? Oh yes. "Create more jobs."
