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RE: virus: Tetsuro Tanaka: Philosophy of Struggle
« on: 2004-04-21 16:16:08 » |
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My name is Tetsuro Tanaka. I have been struggling against Corporate
Fascism for 21 years since I was fired by OKI Denki, one of the largest
electronics companies in Japan.
In large Japanese companies such as Oki Denki employees are expected to
show complete$B!!(Bobedience and loyalty.
They try to control their employees minds, manipulating even political
beliefs and religious faith.
Those who refuse to take loyalty tests, or who criticize company policy,
are discriminated and harassed.
In June 1980, after 1300 employees were dismissed, I ran for the OKI
labor union election, to criticize the company's discrimination.
After the election, I was deprived of my regular job and, as a warning
to others, I got a transfer order. When I refused, I was fired.
Since then, every morning I have stood at the gate of OKI Denki,
speaking and singing songs and encouraging people to stop tolerating
Corporate Fascism.
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Tetsuro Tanaka: Philosophy of Struggle
Philosophy of Struggle
Article by Tetsuro Tanaka
I would like to write down the knowledge I learned in my struggle. Anger
and hatred are different. The struggle coming from an anger against an
injustice can make people happy. The action came from hatred towards
trying to make others unhappy. It has strong power for a short time, but
it will gradually destroy you.
When you struggle against a powerful opponent. Trying to defeat and
trying not to be defeated are different. Even if the opponent is strong,
so you can't defeat him, you can not be defeated. When you continue the
struggle, sometimes it has meaning for society, and actually has the
"meaning of winning."
Know your own weaknesses.To not be defeated, you should recognize your
own weaknesses, physically, mentally, economically, and socially. To not
be defeated, you should recognize your organizations weakness,
structurally, logically, economically, and socially. Find virtue in your
enemy, find evil in yourselves.
Usually people think they are right, and that enemies are wrong. But
there is no person 100% good or 100% wrong. We should always recognize
that selfishness will appear in our minds and try to control that.
Especially we should not trust too many of our leaders.
Hatred makes enemies strong When your opponent is wrong you should
accuse it severely and logically. But you should not negate the whole
personality of the opponent. You should accuse or criticize them,
keeping in mind that they may still have virtuous thoughts. When you
accuse them with a mind full of hate it amplifies their hatred against
you, and make them strong.
When you find the opponents weak point you should attack it. But
sometime through the attacking, you create your own weak points. You
should use caution when speaking so that your words may not be used
against you to the point that you may be arrested or accused as a
defamation. You will get revenge and be exhausted, and your solidarity
will be broken.
You should attack carefully and not allow yourself to be destroyed
before your opponent is destroyed Trust and depend on some body are
different things. A person in a struggle should not depend on
supporters.
If your request is betrayed by your supporters you may bear a grudge. We
should have gratitude when our supporters support us. If they don't
support us we shouldn't bear a grudge. My motto is "to hope for support
but not depend on it"
You shouldn't try to keep your supporters from departing from you, after
you show them the principles of your struggle. Sometimes your supporters
may become bigger enemies than the opponent of your struggle.
The struggling person should always show his principles clearly to
supporters and society. Why are you struggling? To what purpose are you
struggling?
In the case of a struggle against wrongful dismissal, even if the
purpose is only to make the company withdraw their dismissal, it is
important to show the aim of the struggle. The aim being, to restore the
economical damage to the person struggling, or to cause the company to
acknowledge their fault in the case thus deterring such future
dismissals from occurring.
In the case of a struggle to restore economic damage to an individual,
when the struggle gets drawn out for an extended period of time, the
struggle will get harder and harder. The person attempting the struggle
should be independent economically. During the early stages of the
struggle the person struggling must depend upon economic support from
the supporters, but they should try as soon as possible to be
independent from those supporters if they intend on struggling for an
extended period of time.
Supporters should urge the struggling person to become independent
economically as soon as possible. Supporters should not attempt to make
the person struggling to end their struggle when the struggling person
desires to continue. If, for any reason, the supporters want to abandon
the struggle they should do so immediately without a word.
Don't believe any information 100%. Even if it is believed that the
information is certain, without a doubt, you should be prepared for such
a case when those "certain things" may be proven otherwise. You have to
decide which action to take but be careful to not choose an action that
may destroy you if the information is wrong.
You shouldn't be scared, when there is no apparent person trying to kill
you. Nobody will kill you just by expressing your freedom of speech.
Recently, there are a lot of people who are afraid to print their names
in flyers of their civil activity. If you seriously want to change
society for the better you should display yourself with courage. It will
be too late if the era comes, when people are killed for their speech.
When you recognize your mistakes you should acknowledge that you must
apologize completely not half-heartedly, to your opponent and to
society.
You must show your apology publicly so that society may see your apology
to your opponent. After your apology, you should insist that even though
you may have been at fault in some matter, that does not negate the fact
that your opponent was also at fault.
If you ignore or try to run away from the matter your opponent will
pursue you with accusations, and you will lose your power of persuasion
for society. You should withdraw yourself immediately if you know that
the cause you are for is flawed. If you don't change your course in this
case, by your vanity, the damage will be compounded against your
struggle.
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RE: virus: Tetsuro Tanaka: Philosophy of Struggle
« Reply #1 on: 2004-04-21 19:22:24 » |
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While I might disagree with his particular struggle, I think this person, Tetsuro Tanaka, has an excellent grasp of how to deal with struggle. Very impressive little piece indeed. It's not all that different than Sun Tze or Mao's little Red Book. Just the understanding that
Quote:Usually people think they are right, and that enemies are wrong. But
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is of extreme value, as so many people vilify their opponent beyond the ability to see the virtuous from the wrongful.
Thanks for posting that.
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