This is why the theory of third world development & first world class consciousness evolved way past the point which our friends on twitter are beginning to reach.

  • ivy@lemmy.ml
    hexagon
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    8 months ago

    I think it's pretty easy to identify who falls into the category of not being worth dealing with. Ppl employed at like raytheon, in cybersecurity, building submarines etc, lotta people working at boeing are gonna be intractable as hell. See how during the recent debacle w Boeing that Prospect article just focuses on improving industrial productivity (& workers avoiding going to jail for literal felonies tbf and having benefits stripped), fighting off financialization to bring back GLORIOUS USA EAGLE BURGER PLANES. Not everyone who has a retirement plan but most of the people who have retirement plans and mortgages. That's crucial for understanding why they have these imaginary class interests of being fake investors and fake real estate moguls. Makes talking to people so aggravating that you're better off with the rest of the 90% of the population.

    When we're online it's important to weigh how people we're interacting with are more likely to be people who can make money in their sleep, (or are children lol).