Do you think Europeans are the only people to have a historical conception of race? This is incredibly historically inaccurate.
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Replying to @ILoveUTigerLily @Eristae
I think that what we mean by "race" is related to but distinct from some ancient Greek philosopher speculating on "the different orders of man" in the same way that Marx's use of "class" is related to but obviously different from what a book on the English peerage means by it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Eristae
I agree we have different ideas of what “race” does and possibly should mean: when I say race I’m referring to any type of ethnic classification system, whether benign, hostile, or even theoretical. My point is that there are a lot of different ways to classify and divide “race”
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But there’s no such ambiguity in regards to labor vs. capital.
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You’re the second person I’ve seen recently make this distinction and I genuinely don’t see the utility, in your scenario an old retired lady with an antique shop that doesn’t turn a profit and has no employees has more social power than a billionaire CEO beholden to shareholders
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Yup I mean it's kind of funny that the go-to term people use as a synonym for "capitalist" is "CEO" CEOs of large companies typically are compensated with a lot of stock in the company, but "CEO" itself is an employee position
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jaylikewhoa and
eh sort of, most ceos either own a controlling interest or are directly elected by investors, calling it an employee position is kinda misleading.
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Replying to @KidThorazine @jaylikewhoa and
Okay but regardless of how you become a CEO, on paper, "CEO" is a job - it has responsibilities you are required to fulfill in order to be compensated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jaylikewhoa and
sure but thier main job is to be a direct representative for the capitalist class.
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Replying to @KidThorazine @arthur_affect and
A CEO’s wage doesn’t go down if they go into a coma, and it actually goes up if they get fired ... that’s not a worker.
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CEOs often have bullshit jobs but the simple fact that someone is salaried rather than paid hourly or per-gig and they have a generous and/or punitive severance package is not what makes it a bullshit job
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Replying to @arthur_affect @KidThorazine and
I’m salaried but my income dries up if I go into a coma. Not so for a CEO who has most of their wealth tied in to their stock options.
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Replying to @ILoveUTigerLily @arthur_affect and
If a “CEO” has to actually show up for work to feed their family, then they’re a worker, I don’t have a problem saying that. But I’ve never seen a CEO that had to show up for work to feed their family.
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