[Dominic Harr]

The pointy haired boss at least goes back to ancient Babylon, probably farther!"

Your son is 100% correct.

I blame it all on the 'bureaucracy' angle.

These 'corporations' are collectives -- collectivley managed by committees and bureacrats. The 'corporate middle-manager' is no different from a govt mid-level bureacrat: unacountable to the customers or his employees.

[harpseal]

At one contract a whil back now I took abunch of junior traines and got them able to program the conversion of a sustem from one company to another. Atr the end of the project they gave me a set of point hairs to wear as camoflage in case I ever got to be a permanent manager anywhere. they gave me a few othe rthings at that going away party but that was/is still my favorite.

[bvw]

EXACTLY! The biggish CORPORATION, more so than any commie country in history, more so than HUD, than Vassar, than the State Department, than the pink groves of Academe, than all the liberal press in the last thrity years combined -- it is the that organization which is the most EFFECTIVE and DEVASTING incubator for SOCIALISM and the WELFARE-ENTITLEMENT mentality.