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From the film "Blue Collar", 1978

Smokey James: Why do you go to the line every Friday?

Jerry Bartowski: Well...

Smokey James: Because the finance man's gonna be at your house on Saturday, right? That's exactly what the company wants - to keep you on their line. They'll do anything to keep you on their line. They pit the lifers against the new boys, the old against the young, the black against the white - EVERYBODY to keep us in our place.


Except nowadays, they don't need you on their line, they got some other stiff in Asia or South America on the line, and they don't need you anymore. So if you can't handle that, just borrow some money from your dad and start your own business.

Don't go blame the 1% if you're too stupid or too lazy to be an entrepreneur.

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Copies of the film are hard to find, but you can watch it on youtube.

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