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I saw that piece last night too, on the smoking. And the most funny of all, to me, was that the owner had done NO cost to benefit analysis, and he freely admitted he didn't know if he was saving, past insurance premiums, at all. He just fired anyone that wouldn't quit smoking, no matter how long they'd been employed. What a guy.

And if ANY company feels free to do that? Sure, be healthy or else.

Odd how smoking is generally understood to stem from a need to self-medicate, a need for mood enhancement, it is frequently related to stress. Stress. Isn't that a killer too? Sure. Cure the symptoms, ignore the real disease. As policy. It's just more satisfying to hate smokers. And fat people. The poor. All those "problem" people. It's the modern day fix. It's even what HE said, in the interview, he said "eliminate the problem". Of course, whether he smoked or not, he'd never be "the problem" himself. No. That's for "average" folks, those not entitled to those "problems". Something he, himself, does not face and never will. Because, you see, he is the boss. It's what he said, "I'm the boss".

And, as such, he can do any damn thing he pleases. And will.

I think what we have now is the modern definition of fascism. Just because the average white folks doesn't have the thugs at the door doesn't mean a lot of minority folks don't.

We have one fifth the world population, but we have the most prison inmates. No other nation has a higher per capita percentage of their population incarcerated than we do, here, or a higher total number either. We're the number one prison state, ALL the way around.

No one blinks an eye.

Yes, it truly IS a fascism, for these reasons and others. We just don't realize we're on the mat, still too dazed to hear the count. imho.