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While there is no test or requirement to join this site (I imagine I'd fail it if there was), I'm willing to bet that there is a certain demographic that is ove
by hotpotamus 4y ago
While there is no test or requirement to join this site (I imagine I'd fail it if there was), I'm willing to bet that there is a certain demographic that is over-represented on HN.
And it's not just "the elite" who will tell their children to get an education - working class people also have aspirations for their children. They know as well as anyone the value that modern America places on labor; not much.
- bell-cot 4y ago> ...the value that modern America places on labor; not much. Yes. But at least since the "glory days" of Jack Welsh at GE, "labor" is anyone outside of the C-suite and their close friends. How many cushy-job college grads did the FAANG gang just axe?
- hotpotamus 4y agoI don't disagree that they are all members of the proletariat, but you know what I mean by labor in this context.