Post #4055108
2026-07-24 05:36 UTC
The CEOs and even the #investment punters who do nothing all day but hope their portfolios go up as if by magic, they're the "builders" and "creators". Abundant pro-business pro-#capitalism agitprop have cemented the impression that there's something intrinsically creative about "building wealth" even if it's all in electronic funny-money maintained at enormous social and economic cost.
One tries to tell them they're swindlers, one tries to get them to understand what actual labor is like and WHY it's laborious and "boring" to them, something they've actually become terrified of.
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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-24 05:39
"Work", to them, is two things, two contradictory things but never mind that. The #tech barons and #finance scammers and #crypto addicts all think that whatever they're doing is "hard work" of course and it must be exhausting in that sickish dissatisfying way in which idle pursuits can still deplete a person, particularly if they're inclined to anger and impatience. As ALL of these people are. And they think of "the working class" in terms of soldiers and cops mostly and a few idealized trades like oil-drilling and ranching. Clerks in shops aren't workers of course. Government clerks are mere leeches to them no matter what vital service they provide. (cont'd)