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To give your sheep or cow a l a rge, spacious me adow is t he way to c o n t r ol h i m. So it is w i th p e o p l e: first l et t h em do what they wa n t, and wa t ch t h e m. This is the best policy. To ignore t h em is n ot g o o d; that is t he wo r st policy

The Last and Most Important Lesson about This A lot of activity has to do with attempting perfection or attempting mistake-proof, criticism-proof, ass-fully-covered, fail-safe implementation. Some of this may be your fault. If you manage in a way that makes people fearful of making than in a way that is focused on profitable you are to blame. If you prize perfection and are thin-skinned about criticism, you are your business's worst enemy. I tell people that success gets CHA P T ER 35 ACTIVITY MA SQUERADING AS ACCOMP L I SHMENT R u t h l e ss M a n a g e m e nt of P e o p

c e , I treat " c o m m u n i s m" as a t a g for s i x featur e s o f o u r c urre n t s e ttin g : 1 . A s pe cific i m ag e o f t h e So v i e t U ni o n a n d i t s c o ll ap s e; 2 . A pre s e n t , i n c re a s ingly p owe 1ful force ; 3 . T h e s o ve r e i g n t y o f t h e p e o p l e ; 4. T h e c ommo n a n d t h e c ommo n s ; 5 . T h e egalit arian a n d u n i ve rs al i s t d e s i re t h a t c uts through t h e c i rc uits and practic e s i n whi c h we are t rapp e d ; 6 . T h e p arty.

o e s i t ma k e s e n s e t o c o n ti n u e t o emp h as i z e t h e pro­ l e t ariat? I argue that it d o e s not, not i f by " p ro l etatiat" o n e h as in mi n d an emp i ri c al s o c i al c lass . Mo re u s e fu l i s t h e i d e a of pro l etaria n i z a t i o n as a p ro c e s s of e x p l o i ­ t at i o n , d i s p o s s e s s i o n , a n d i m m i s eratio n t h a t pro d u c e s t h e v e ry ri c h a s t h e pri v il e g e d c la s s t h at l i v e s off t h e res t of us . I o ffer t h e n o t i o n o f " t h e p e o p l e as t h e res t o f u s , " t h e p e o p l e as a d i v i d e d and d i vi s i v e force , as an