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At what point did the final straw finally break?

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[-] ped_xing@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

Capitalism itself, never been a huge fan.

I hadn't really considered what is to be done about capitalism until a relative had this weird bootlicker arc that sent me in the opposite direction.

He started out as a management consultant. Whatever, fresh out of college, in debt, not doing anything they couldn't get the next person in line to do, well aware of how much his clients sucked.

Decided the job sucked, went back to school for an MBA, got a proper non-travel white collar job within walking distance. Decided that sucked as well. Was actually trending based, saying ACAB and that wealth is extracted and not earned. Went back to school, studied organizational psychology.

Now he's fully internalized the programming. He's a free-floating apologist for every corporation everywhere, even if they've never paid him a dime. His opposition to universal healthcare is ostensibly for people who like their insurance company. I told him about a small workplace victory where a colleague and I just didn't fill out the scrum spreadsheet until management dropped the requirement and he acted as if I hurt him personally. I said that it sucked when Netflix cancelled a show we both liked and he stuck up for them, saying maybe it didn't fit with their branding strategy or vision.

He made me realize that I can't just be about my personal causes in a liberal framework and need to battle his class betrayal (he's still an hourly worker, just at a ridiculous rate) with class solidarity.

[-] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Lol imagine thinking Netflix has a vision.

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