I hate the word ‘Consumer’ or I mockingly call it ‘CONSOOMER’. Because that’s to imply everyone in the world is just cattle, but with wallets. We’re no longer customers. We’re consumers now. And a consumer’s purpose is to consume shit, whatever is put out there. Got money? Shut up and consume, it’s what corporate interests and capitalism itself thrive on. Consume and consume.

  • cjsolx@lemmy.world
    122·
    11 months ago

    This is a new interpretation for me. I always read it as resources for humans.

    • eltrain123@lemmy.world
      22·
      11 months ago

      The Human Resources department at most large companies is there to protect the employer, not the worker.

      • rammer@sopuli.xyz
        101·
        11 months ago

        In all companies. If the company is large enough to have an HR department, it is there to protect the company.

      • TheActualDevil@sffa.community
        61·
        11 months ago

        Sure, that’s the concept, and it’s a problem. But that’s not what the name “Human Resources” means. That’s like saying the office of Veteran Affairs is implying that veterans are themselves affairs. The title is obviously meant to imply resources for humans. It’s a lie, but that’s what those words are supposed to mean. It’s not called “Humans are Resources.”