The 6 most horrific bosses of all time

[Lord T Hawkeye]

http://www.cracked.com/article/89_the-6-most-horrific-bosses-all-time

Okay, I'm showing these a little too much but this one in particular catches me because number 2 was actually used against me in a debate as an example of how free markets are evil.  I like to question why the hell the courts went so easy on him myself but to each his own I guess.

But really, how the heck does a company even manage to stay in business with employee morale as bad as some of these?

[Travis Retriever]

The last one was of government...
not to mention how all six are just anecdotes (from what I could tell).
And would probably be the exception, not the rule:

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[Travis Retriever]

As for the others,
#6: "The situation eventually exploded into a strike that got so out of control that federal troops had to be brought in."  Is more of a complaint against the government, than of the free market.  Also, how exactly did he fund all that anti-freedom of speech stuff?  I smell the use of state violence here.
#5: is a government example.
#4: WHAT? It was the government's killbots that were brought in to bust things up.  The heck is this guy going on about making it seem like this was a private thing?
#3: Again, England was Mercantile.  Also, I can't say I'm surprised.  For a while, the state court system took over law, essentially saying "fuck you" to common law that was around before the state got involved in it.
#2: This sounds more like a complaint against a state court system than it does against industrialists.  Also, remember this was around when corporatism really was taking root.

[Gumba Masta]

I was going with "His house(es), his rules." at number six.
Also, does that change the fact that they were horrible bosses?

[Travis Retriever]

Also, does that change the fact that they were horrible bosses?

I never said it did.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

The point is people like to point to this as proof that free markets don't work but what they fail to analyze is why these people worked those jobs.  No employer in a free market has the power to compel you to work a job you don't want to.

But of course, that requires too much critical thinking.  Easier to just say "free market did it" without even understanding the sheer absurdity of using personal freedom to argue against personal freedom.

[Travis Retriever]

they fail to analyze is why these people worked those jobs.  No employer in a free market has the power to compel you to work a job you don't want to.

But of course, that requires too much critical thinking.  Easier to just say "free market did it" without even understanding the sheer absurdity of using personal freedom to argue against personal freedom.

They'd most likely respond that that's why we need a government: because the employees are too stupid, or some other bogosity.

[Lord T Hawkeye]

And thus the true face of statism comes out.  The war of various special interests, each one thinking they're the mangods who should be worshipped by us the mortals.