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You know, there's a lot more to the working class than just manual labor. Anyone that depends on a wage to live is a worker, and we all share the same struggles
by masijo 1y ago
You know, there's a lot more to the working class than just manual labor. Anyone that depends on a wage to live is a worker, and we all share the same struggles.
- constantcrying 1y agoThe same struggles, like the quality of the office coffee machine? Bike subsidies from the employer too low?
- cruzcampo 1y ago[flagged]
- constantcrying 1y ago>No, the same struggles such as being dependent on the whims of increasingly unhinged oligarchs, while democracy is being dismantled and the planet burns in the name of the stock market. Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Does not seem to apply to me though.
- cruzcampo 1y agoWhether you see it or not, it does :-(
- seneca 1y ago[flagged]
- cruzcampo 1y ago[flagged]
- seneca 1y agoI believe you are fundamentally incorrect on the premise and the conclusion of that statement. That's why your argument doesn't resonate with me.
- aaronbaugher 1y agoIf you were writing a book about the typical history and personality of tech workers, "deeply aggrieved at the world" would have to be in there somewhere.
- seneca 1y ago[flagged]
- AndrewKemendo 1y agoThere’s infinite reason to be deeply aggrieved at the world If you find that you are not aggrieved at the world then most likely you are in a privileged bubble
- smallmancontrov 1y agoNo, things like: we obtain money by working rather than by pumping assets. We pay income tax rather than capital gains tax. Our employers are always asking for more while paying less. We do not individually have enough assets to make individual lobbying efforts EV positive, but our employers and the largest shareholders sure do. Politics is an expense for us but an investment for them -- unless we join together. Structurally we are more similar than different, even if tech workers have had it good for the last while.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoThings like unpaid overtime, health insurance being tied to employment, the ability to afford a house on what should be a reasonable income, protections from harassment/discrimination... unions have worked toward democratizing access to all of these things.