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I used to be an Instacart Shopper and I'm currently taking a web development bootcamp in Manhattan and now I'm on track to make more money than my parents ever
by tdevito 8y ago
I used to be an Instacart Shopper and I'm currently taking a web development bootcamp in Manhattan and now I'm on track to make more money than my parents ever did, which is a win in my book. I will do everything I can to make it the next step to the "Inner Party", but what if I don't? Does that mean I "lost at life" if I only end up Upper Middle Class? This author is trying to push a neo-marxist victim ideology onto anyone not in the "Inner Party", and it's insulting. I am not a victim of anything, certainly not some impenetrable "caste system".
- pizzetta 8y agoMaybe Wired knows that and all they are doing is trying to create discord in order to have more engagement and drive more views.
- prepend 8y agoYou make a good point. I am trying to explain old wired vs. new wired. Old wired was really trying to do something- connect people, unleash potential, whatever something they gave a damn. New wired is trying to sell more to the dwindling audience created by old wired. They may be just as smart, but wired’s old dumb stories (“The Future is Push”) were at least earnest.
- claudiawerner 8y ago>This author is trying to push a neo-marxist victim ideology I'm curious as to which neo-Marxists you're referring to; I'm familiar with the Frankfurt School and Zizek, though I'm not aware of anyone (either Marx or "neo-Marxists" in academia) who propose a "victim ideology". "Neo-Marxist" and "postmodernist" are frequently used as boogeymen, however.
- eucitizen2x 8y agoIt’s a right wing dogwhistle without any notion of nuance.
- claudiawerner 8y agoAh, I thought as much :-)
- IOT_Apprentice 8y agoYou are in a bootcamp. So you don't yet have a job as a web developer. You may have hopes that you will make more money, but that hasn't happened yet.