10.05.2015

A Training Program

"My whole life was like a training to you, then?  A prep course?  What?"
"Outsourcing."
"And you don't drop any hints?  Twenty five years of being outsourced and we get nothing?  Not even a note?"
"Nothing."
"And now that we work for you, what?  We just fall in line and do your dance?"
"Yes."
"Ok.  Ok.  And what sort of benefits should I expect from this employment?"
"A work environment free of emotionally stunted workers."
"25 years of living in a lie seems like a pretty hefty price for mature worker bees, don't you think?"
"No."
"The whole thing doesn't rankle your sense of justice?"
"No."
"What about all those people... are they people?  The ones who live their whole lives in there believing the whole thing?  What about them?  Is that fair?"
"The illusion is real for them and the environment they help sustain produces people like you."
"The end justifies the means?"
"Yes.  In context, the means are a solid reality to those who remain inside."
"It strikes me as fundamentally evil.  It strikes me as selling a lie."
"Many say that at first."
"Then what?  They change into callous robots like you?"
"They see the benefits."

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