No-Nonsense Psychology

So I found this site for a magazine called Anxiety Culture. It's pretty much the summation of the effects of consumerism and industrialism on our psyche, and there's an article here titled: Is Your Boss An Asshole?

I'm sure most of us don't have a problem answering that question (under non-self-incriminating circumstance).

"Phil Laut, author of Money is My Friend, gives a psychological explanation of why we hate our bosses: Our parents told us that we shouldn’t take money from friends, and that we shouldn’t take money (or sweets, or puppies, etc) from strangers. That leaves “known enemies” as the only people we can take money from – so our bosses become “known enemies” in our minds.

I find a sociological explanation more plausible: We hate our bosses because of Social Darwinism and the competitive market system. If we’re all at each other’s throats economically, then it’s not surprising that we feel resentful towards those with economic power over us.

An even simpler explanation is that we hate our bosses because they behave like assholes. It probably goes with the job."

Or, it could be just so simple as Boss man tells us what to do.

Since we've already hit puberty and took it upon ourselves (supposedly) to discover what is best for us and to lead our own lives, it still happens that a lot of us get stuck working at least 8 hours a day doing work we can't find the value in but do it anyways, because Boss-man says so. Boss man tells us what to do with our time, and we have to listen to him.

Maybe that's why he's an asshole.

There's your no-nonsense 'psychology' for ya.

Really guys, it's not necessary to dig so deep to find answers to such a simple question, when everyone really knows the answer anyways: Boss is asshole 'cuz boss tells us what to do.