no matter how esoteric or incomprehensible our politics get, we'll never beat top quint income bracket tech workers pushing for unionization
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theories: a) realize they're the bourgeoisie, believe the end of capitalism is inevitable, trying to signal their way out of the guillotine
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b) realize they're the bourgeoisie, understand unions are short-term beneficial to workers, just want even more money
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c) realize they're the bourgeoisie, trying to signal downward for social cred like white kids bragging about visiting "rough" neighborhoods
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d) getting paid a lot doesn't mean you're bourgeoisie, the term implies ownership of the means of production
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capitalist implies ownership. bourgeoisie, as the framework goes, is class that serves capital at the expense of the workers
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I don't think we're disagreeing here? The mythology of starting your own startup is the same if you replace tech with plumbers
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independent plumbers will never experience a 9+ figure windfall
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fwiw I'm not a commie and prefer weber's terminology for this
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employed plumber is working class, independent plumber is old middle, programmer is new middle
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founding a startup is a bid to, if successful, enter the capitalist class
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Replying to @alicemazzy @johnnysunshine
Agree with Alice. Startups = plan for big IPO or buyout money. May certainly not happen, and most programmers are not in startups I suspect.
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