When labor is dependent on management for the factory and the machines and the systems they use to do their work, the relationship is fraught with issues over power and control. The factory needs labor, sure, but labor really needs the factory. It was always easier for management to replace labor than it was for labor to find a new factory. Today, the means of production=a laptop computer with Internet connectivity. Three thousand dollars buys a worker an entire factory. This change is a fundamental shift in power and control. When you can master the communication, conceptual, and connectivity
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