Lets do math...

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I get one day off, every two weeks, that day being Monday. Weeks I get Monday off, I work 80 hours. Days I don't get the Monday off, I work 84 hours. This makes an average of 82 hours a week which I work. That's ignoring times I'm called in, stay late, have to go back to help the n00bs, etc

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I'm not sure "good" is the proper way to describe it, which is why I didn't use the term. It's well-written, uses numerous citations in pretty much every paragraph, and pretty much constructs a very convincing picture of the methods developed and used to ensure some folks get very, very rich, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves within the confines of the very system that's been designed to prevent them from flourishing or even existing in a comfortable manner.

To paraphrase the friend who lent it to me (though I'll likely buy my own copy, when I have a chance/time), "You'll get angrier and angrier the more you read, until you just want to hit someone in the face..." and then she specified what particular folks she'd really like to hit, mostly politicians a corporate heads that benefit from what amounts to the extended suffering and death of millions and millions of people all in the name of Profit for the Few.

When I asked her if there was any redeeming message to blunt the pain of the meticulously documented and researched atrocities committed in the name of Capitalism, she said, 'no, not really, though the very last chapter sort of tries.'

I haven't got through the book yet, obviously, but it's been pretty much as promised so far.

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It's checked out at the McMaster library, so I'll have to try and snag it later. It was like 30-something bucks at the bookstore, so I think I can wait until it gets returned. ^_^

You've built it up, though, so I'll be blaming you, and not Ms. Klein, if I don't like it. ;P

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Well, keep in mind, it's a non-fiction book, and deals with history and economics (mixed with an unfortunate amount of economic related war and torture). It might not be your cup of tea, though I dunno with the classes you've been taking it might be exciting beyond belief by comparison. ;)