Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line WILLIAM E. THOMPSON
-Thompson sees the workers' purchases-cars, vans, motorcycles, etc.-as:

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Thompson argues that the workers' purchases serve as a coping mechanism, a way to compensate for their low status and undesirable jobs. He suggests that these material possessions offer a sense of pleasure and control, and act as substitutes for the meaningfulness and dignity they lack in their work lives.

Hanging Tongues: a Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line WILLIAM