eoconferencing may isolate employees from one another because they would have the option of working from their homes. Video monitors replace face-to-face contact and this may further isolate the workers. This does not allow the unification of employees, the primary necessity for a revolution. In addition employees may be more content with their employers and may be less likely to turn on them. They may be complacent and not want to stir up controversy.In conclusion, videoconferencing may alleviate the bonds of slavery workers have had to endure since the Industrial Revolution. In Thoreau’s work, Walden, he states that, “…the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depreciated in the market.” (Thoreau 3) Thoreau believed that work and economic factors enslaved men. He felt they had no time to look inside themselves or spend leisure time. Videoconferencing allows individuals this opportunity. They may be freed from 10-hour workdays at the office and could enjoy quality time with their children and spouses. These benefits may greatly increase the status of marriages and family attachments, two aspects of life, which have been lacking cohesiveness in the Unites States. Workers may feel a sense of individuality and freedom, as a result of videoconferencing, feelings that have been lacking since the days of artisans....