Re: Dilbert

[Laurie Dougherty <ldougherty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to fend off any possible misunderstanding from Sid Sniad's reply to
Robin Hahnel:

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The Dilbert critique is by Nathan Solomon.

As proof positive that collective process does not mean groupthink or
brainwashing, I'm in the D&S collective AND I get a big kick out of
Dilbert.  I've read stuff by and about Scott Adams (although I haven't
read the Solomon book) and I agree he is libertarian and
individualistic. But Dilbert is so on the mark in pinpointing the idiocy
of the corporate culture. Laughter and resistance are not contradictory.
Humor won't start a movement by itself, but laughter is based on shared
understanding and can be an element of communication and solidarity.

				------Laurie

Laurie Dougherty
mdougher@xxxxxxxxx
ldougherty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


Sid Shniad wrote:
>
> That's kind of expensive for a sub to D&S, isn't it, Robin? ;-)
> >
> > There is a small book that gives a left critique of Dilbert and Adams. I
> > have looked through it but do not remember the author. I know that
> > Dollars and Sense gives it away to people who donate, I think, more than
> > $60 to D&S.
> >