Manufactured Consent (Chapter 6)

Manufactured Consent is when an employee willingly accepts and enforces the legitimate power of the organization, society and capitalism. The reading speaks of how when this power is not recognized its power just expands. I believe that this conditioning of workforce happens before an employee becomes a part of an organization. This process begins occurring at our public educational institutions. Young children and youth are conditioned to not question authority and follow directions. In some cases it is more noticeable than others, but I'm certain that we can all think of an instance when we knew the right answer but we were afraid of saying it because we didn't want to make our superior's look bad.