• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Yup. It’s haute labor aristocracy. Or was, maybe it’s down a peg nowadays. And usually all STEM, no humanities. No class consciousness. Petit bourgeois stock options aspirations.

    By all rights I should be an insufferable turbolib.

    The treats are eroding nowadays, though, so they’re likely to get angrier. Maybe a few will develop class consciousness.

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      6 days ago

      At least in some Brazilian communities, there were recent news of companies HR making a cartel over hiring new employees. Suddenly people started getting angry at companies and the “market”. I could even see people shitting on liberals and ancaps. I think we are seeing a small rise.

      Unfortunately, collective suffering is the best fuel to develop class solidarity. It’s not a desirable thing, but this is what actually happens.

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      7 days ago

      Maybe a few will develop class consciousness.

      Most of these types I interact with are blaming the poor or some specific government “bad apples”. A few do seem to almost “get it”, but still have way too many liberal brainworms and draw some milquetoast or outright reactionary conclusions

      It’s an uphill battle trying to instill any sort of class consciousness in these people, as expected due to their material conditions