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Why don't tech workers see themselves as workers?

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by appreciatorBus

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Use of the word "workers" as class implies precarity and vulnerability, making it a useful category to organize around politically, regardless of whether your political ideas are good for such workers or anyone else. But this distinction loses meaning when starting salaries for such "workers" are at several multiples of national median income.
There will always be injustices in the world that require people to organize political support to fight. However using this as your sole lens risks putting the cart before the horse - are we trying to organize tech workers because they are marginalized class, or because your political ideas require overthrow and rich tech workers would be useful foot solders if you can recruit them?

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by hash0

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Without wanting to spoiler, let me whet your appetite for this very interesting article by quoting this: "you’re unimaginably more likely to become homeless than to win at the game of capitalism"
Go figure.

by Iris595

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