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I know I'm gonna get shit for this, but I'm someone who always tries to be fair and look at things from all sides so...
I suspect like many things in late stage capitalism, for at least some not insignificant portion of them, it's not much of a choice. I'll lay odds a good number have a hard time getting jobs that pay worth a damn. I wouldn't be surprised if many were ex-cons, for example - which is why they're encouraged to wear masks, because those in charge don't want to allow that fact to be used to "de-legitimize" what they're doing. The "choice" from the agent's perspective is quite possibly do this, or be homeless & hungry. It's more deliberate cattle-herding of the powerless by those at the top.
I'm sure the majority are probably into the job, but I suspect those that are just doing it for lack of options is not a small percentage.
It’s always been class warfare. The rich and powerful subjugate the poor, and hold poverty over us to ensure that we do what they want, and we hate who they want us to hate.
Us infighting doesn’t stop the ultra-wealthy from continuing to win, it enables them to. The only way to win is to band together as a people regardless of our race, status, or job, against them.
Fully agreed. The problem is getting that to happen - particularly when they own the bulk of the media from which so many of us "commoners" get what passes for "information." Never mind overcoming the long-ingrained tribalism keeping the infighting going so strong.