I dont think that Americans will ever destroy the petty bourgeois, the propaganda around small business is too ingrained in the culture. The capital B Bourgeois, on the other hand, love doing that. Thats why im a corporate-consolidation based accelerationist 😎
Proletarianization is different though when it's a bunch of atomized contractors driving Ubers and Grubhub and getting brand sponsorships and whatnot, rather than a group of people working together and realizing their shared interest
Yeah the expanding gig economy isn't helping. It is branded as a 'side-hustle' but it is designed to get rid of the concept of an employee all together. It is definitely part of the longer running move to contract work. Pay is stagnating and benefits disappear and cost of operation are pushed onto workers. This will force a backlash eventually, but maybe more like a peasant revolt instead of a workers movement? I can't predict where this new situation is going