Progressives Seek To Impose the Iron Cage on America

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  January 2nd at 12:25 PM  | 

Sociologist, Max Weber famously wrote about the good, the bad and the ugly facets of bureaucracies. He saw them as a necessary evil that needed to be kept in check. He feared a technocratic dictatorship of Nietzchean Last Men. Weber’s argument is described below.

Iron cage, a sociological concept introduced by Max Weber, refers to the increased rationalization inherent in social life, particularly in Western capitalist societies. The “iron cage” thus traps individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational calculation and control. Weber also described the bureaucratization of social order as “the polar night of icy darkness”.

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AFL-CIO: People who believe in 10th Amendment have “cultish beliefs”

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 01:00 PM  | 

When the term astro-turf didn’t stick, and tea bagger was thrown into the harbor of bad ideas, union bosses went into overdrive trying to think of new and creative ways to demean Americans who don’t agree with their socio-fascist ideals. Earlier this week, the CWA’s Larry Cohen decided that the Tea Party Movement advocates slavery.  Now, the AFL-CIO is charging that Americans who believe in the | Read More »