"When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society [1] places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live – forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence – knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains. I have now to prove that society in England daily and hourly commits what the working-men's organs, with perfect correctness, characterise as social murder, that it has placed the workers under conditions in which they can neither retain health nor live long; that it undermines the vital force of these workers gradually, little by little, and so hurries them to the grave before their time. I have further to prove that society knows how injurious such conditions are to the health and the life of the workers, and yet does nothing to improve these conditions. That it knows the consequences of its deeds; that its act is, therefore, not mere manslaughter, but murder, I shall have proved, when I cite official documents, reports of Parliament and of the Government, in substantiation of my charge." - Engels, Conditions of the Working Class
this shit is infuriating. in a fucking just society there would be massive protests outside of every fucking amazon facility right now.
Not even "the boss won't let us leave". That's how depersonalized they are.
Most Amazon employees never see their direct supervisor for sometimes 6+ months, they usually communicate through texts to people's station consoles. When I was there I remember getting a question prompt asking what I thought about a manager and realized that mine had been changed.
10-15k less in bonuses to the board members tho, think of the poor shareholders :powercry-1:
So real centrailia "the dying miner" shit here. There wont be rioting over this, no mass strikes and violent picket lines around Bezos' house, no politicians demanding his wealth taken.
I want to ask for a CW but I'm not sure what this would be. This is horribly sad
I would ask for one too. This is super important, but I also wasn't expecting it and it kinda fucked me up. I would say CW for death.
I don’t even have anything to say this is just extremely fucked up, love and solidarity
![[CW: Death/Disturbing]. Nobody's final words should be "Amazon won't let us leave."](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/JM9lHEdUeg.png){kind=link}