Quinn Slobodian
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708 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 10 Jun
Quinn Slobodian’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But then you've got the kind of social contract on the other side.
Right.
Then you have the question of like, why should society go along with this?
Why shouldn't they just go and put your head on a pike?
Why don't they burn down the factory?
Well, figuratively, but I mean, early modern period, that's how people showed discontent, right?
I mean, they went and stormed the Lord's manor and just burnt it down and burn up all the receipts.
And then that was a tax revolt and you wouldn't have to worry about it for a few months.
Well, exactly.
That's the point with the ism on Fordism.
The ism is not just Ford did what he wanted.
The ism is a kind of settlement with the working class so that they would willingly and even voluntarily go along with his profit strategy.
So what did that mean?
It meant that he met the working class, which was still very powerful and well-organized, halfway.
It meant he recognized trade unions, collective bargaining agreements.
They're getting some part of the profits through wage raises over time.
They're getting cradle to the grave employment contracts.
Basically, they're getting social services.
You get a kind of
breadwinner headed nuclear family as the stabilizing social unit.
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