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...and that potentially meant that the government might force United Fruit to make costly changes, like raising wages.[...] Ideally, Guatemala would back down and start praising United Fruit for being a job creator instead of a foreign plunderer.
Somewhat OT, but one of the feats of propaganda that impresses me the most is how "jobs" were successfully established as an end in itself instead of a means.
As a politician, you can easily run on the platform of "creating jobs" without ever discussing wages.
As an employee, it doesn't matter if the job is wrecking your health, making you neglect your family and pays less than living wage, just having a job on its own is something to be grateful of.
An employer is not needing services that employees provide, no, an employer is creating jobs and then in infinite grace giving them to the employees.
It's crazy, but it works.
[...] Ideally, Guatemala would back down and start praising United Fruit for being a job creator instead of a foreign plunderer.
Somewhat OT, but one of the feats of propaganda that impresses me the most is how "jobs" were successfully established as an end in itself instead of a means.
As a politician, you can easily run on the platform of "creating jobs" without ever discussing wages.
As an employee, it doesn't matter if the job is wrecking your health, making you neglect your family and pays less than living wage, just having a job on its own is something to be grateful of.
An employer is not needing services that employees provide, no, an employer is creating jobs and then in infinite grace giving them to the employees.
It's crazy, but it works.