Monday, July 21, 2008

Resist or Serve

Resist or Serve

One can say that resistance is futile. A certain ideology is someone's crusade if most people are indifferent. As such, the most viable alternative would be to serve. To illustrate this point, the alleged transformation of Apple to a monopolistic behemoth seems to be a reality. For instance, afterdawn.com reports: "Apple is suing Psystar over their Mac clone, saying the terms of the OS X End User License Agreement (EULA) forbid the owner from installing it on anything but Apple hardware. They allege Copyright Infringement by Psystar, as well as Inducement of Copyright Infringement, Breach of Contract, Trademark Infringement, and Trade Dress Infringement. In short they're trying to put Psystar out of business citing language in the Mac OS X license forbidding the owner from installing it on anything but Apple hardware." One of the reasons why Apple had a following is because people try to veer away from the monopolistic behavior of Microsoft. Seemingly, Apple is turning the tide into the servitude of monopoly.
When one unconsciously becomes the monster they despised, the consequences can be unbearable and anti-climax.


Another example of falling into servitude is the servitude to a certain policies and procedures. For instance, nursing ratios has become stricter. Moreover, the presence of nursing unions can make the practice complicated. Generally, most policies require having proper coverage for patients even when nurses are on break. However, most nurses prefer to have community lunches. Community lunch pertains to most nurses taking lunches together. They can take lunch together as long as they answer their patient's calls and requests. Consequently, some people are opposed to community lunches. Hence, some people did a fascist intervention. They try to impose a limit on how many nurses can take lunch together. Since the imposition is integrated to the policies, the nurses have to give in and shun resistance. Resistance seems to alienate people and corporations. The risk of being cast as an outcast is maximized. Since most corporate conglomerates are pushing towards Orwellian terms of employment, most people has the choice to resist or serve, in which most people favor servitude as opposed to resistance.