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"Freelance journalist" is a trust fund baby job. It might be a real job, but it isn't something for non-privileged class. I have zero empathy for anyone stupi
by analognoise 8y ago
"Freelance journalist" is a trust fund baby job.
It might be a real job, but it isn't something for non-privileged class.
I have zero empathy for anyone stupid enough to choose a career with no leverage, no consistent pay, that requires training and serious schooling. You made the choice, and then spent the years to work at it.
You want young people and minority voices in reporting? Offer them full time positions with pay and benefits. Nobody offers that? Then having the work done by "powerless" people with self supporting financial situations is apparently good enough.
Is anyone seriously hoodwinked by this trash? Theres this false narrative that "well these people can be de-platformed!" Hi. Welcome to reality. Glad you could join us. Nobody owes you a platform, and demanding that they care is ridiculous.
Framing it as "what about women and minorities" is so disgustingly disingenuous that it makes me puke.
It's like people who get an MFA. They need the qualifications, sure. But it scratches an intellectual itch because they can afford to - you think minorities want to fight for bullshit qualifications so they can be underpaid? They're not stupid. Theres no "magic key" that allows people to knowingly take no leverage jobs and get a voice. "McDonald's fry cooks 'silenced', must return to family's second vacation home on the East coast before decompressing in Spain" isn't as emotionally impactful.
"Theres so few minority freelance SE Asia correspondents!" - Because thats not a real job, you twat. You want to fix it? Give them a full time post with pay and benefits.
But don't get up there and start talking shit about how powerless you are when you can wait a year for $500. Boo. Hoo. You think minorities and young people can afford that shit?
This is outrage machine bullshit with a side of "live your truth" fantasy bullshit shrink wrapped in a "minority silencing" lie.
The internet was better when everyone was a scientist, engineer, or dedicated hacker. We had better do something, or these idiots are going to seriously damage the future more than they already have.