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Note that the publishing title of the article is “Tourist Journalism Versus the Working Class”, which should be an indication of the author’s bias. The story in
by bhl 7y ago
Note that the publishing title of the article is “Tourist Journalism Versus the Working Class”, which should be an indication of the author’s bias. The story initially begins with comparing the personal, working experience of the author with what he has seen depicted in the media. I thought it was compelling, even if the author worked in a “sortation warehouse” instead of the “fulfillment center” frequently covered, and only represents one datapoint.
But then he interjects his argument with how working for Amazon has allowed him to interact with diverse colleagues? The story felt like it went from an appreciation of the working class to a defense of corporations and capitalism, with a bit of nationalistic pride sprinkled in. I don’t know what to think.
- floatboth 7y ago> a defense of corporations and capitalism, with a bit of nationalistic pride sprinkled in About what you should expect from that awful publication.
- alkibiades 7y agothe more people like you attack Quilette, the more people like me want to read it
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- sct202 7y agoIt seems kind of like people who go to volunteer in Africa to "earn" themselves a story of adversity and dealing with rough situations.
- wideasleep1 7y ago"I don’t know what to think." I believe the author's point was that John Oliver's agenda doesn't match his own personal experience (his own 'agenda', which you now question), so dissonance comes down to who's agenda seems more genuine, who benefits most, who has more to lose, who has more to gain.
- xyzzyz 7y agoI think what you are confused about is that these days most talking about diversity is for the purpose of signaling the tribal identity of the speaker, as opposed to conveying some message. Thus, once someone signals their belonging to the other tribe (“I work for amazon and it’s quite okay, those damn journals don’t know a thing about life”), the other signal sounds strange and out of place.