"Freedom" and the contradiction of "Corporations" and "Free Enterprise" [View All]

[kentuck]

The so-called "Tea-baggers" say they are marching for "freedom". They are fearful of Barack Obama. He is a "socialist" or worse. We are losing our "freedoms" to "big government", they say.

However, is there anyplace in America where average American workers have less "freedom" than in the free marketplace or in the corporations in which many work?

Before you are permitted to enter thru their hallowed doors, you may be asked to pee in a cup to show them you are good enough to do the labor they request for the salary they offer?

Or you may be asked to take an oath that you will not give away any of their "secrets", even after you are fired or leave on your own volition?

You may have all your phone calls tapped, even the ones that you think are personal and secure?

You may be monitored with hidden cameras from every angle? Don't pick your nose or scratch your scrotum. They may be watching.

In fact, if you work on a computer, they may be able to watch every move you make with your mouse and cursor, without your permission or your knowledge.

After all, they own the property where you work. You are their property so long as you work for them. You surrender almost all your freedoms to the corporation.

But somehow, you are concerned that "big government" is going to take away your "freedoms". It is a contradiction that I fail to understand.