I was hoping for/expecting ‘Treat Workers Like People’. Instead I got ‘Everyone Deserves a McJob’.
Because the Luddite’s POV was confirmed by the narrative. He may have been wanting to commit mass murder, but his point was accepted as valid and the Kerblam! bosses were implementing changes in direct response to what he said.
So hurrah for a future where more people can get tagged at work, have a boss breathe down their neck and see their family twice a year!
As dystopias go, it’s not far off the Bad Wolf world of year 200,000 when the human race is just watching TV and being harvested for Dalek spare parts. In contrast I suppose a McJob looks attractive.
As a warning I guess it works well. As a narrative it’s as depressing to me as ‘Rosa’ was to El Sandifer.
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I was hoping for/expecting ‘Treat Workers Like People’. Instead I got ‘Everyone Deserves a McJob’.
Because the Luddite’s POV was confirmed by the narrative. He may have been wanting to commit mass murder, but his point was accepted as valid and the Kerblam! bosses were implementing changes in direct response to what he said.
So hurrah for a future where more people can get tagged at work, have a boss breathe down their neck and see their family twice a year!
As dystopias go, it’s not far off the Bad Wolf world of year 200,000 when the human race is just watching TV and being harvested for Dalek spare parts. In contrast I suppose a McJob looks attractive.
As a warning I guess it works well. As a narrative it’s as depressing to me as ‘Rosa’ was to El Sandifer.
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