Manufacturing fetishism – the idea that manufacturing is the central economic activity and everything else is somehow subordinate – is deeply ingrained in human thinking. The perception that only tangible objects represent real wealth and only physical labour real work was probably formed in the days when economic activity was the constant search for food, fuel and shelter.
制造业拜物教思想——这种观念认为制造业是核心的经济活动,其他活动多多少少都是次要的——深深地植入人类思维。只有看得见、摸得着的物品才代表真正的财富,只有体力劳动才是真正的工作的观念,或许是在经济活动就是不断搜寻食物、燃料和居所的时期形成的。
A particularly silly expression of manufacturing fetishism can be heard from the many business people who equate wealth creation with private sector production. They applaud the activities of making the pills you pop and processing the popcorn you eat in the interval. The doctors who prescribe the pills, the scientists who establish that the pills work, the actors who draw you to the performance and the writers whose works they bring to life; these are all somehow parasitic on the pill grinders and corn poppers.
我们从很多商界人士那里听到对制造业拜物教尤为愚蠢的表达方式,他们把财富创造与私营部门生产等同起来。他们为生产你服用的药丸,加工你在演出休息时食用的爆米花喝彩。开处方的医生、确定药丸有效的科学家、吸引你去看表演的演员,以及提供剧本的编剧,似乎都成了依附于药丸研磨机和爆米花机的寄生虫。
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