I'm glad people are starting to actually be honest about the class warfare situation finally but we need to acknowledge that the "wannabe capital class" is the

I'm glad people are starting to actually be honest about the class warfare situation finally but we need to acknowledge that the "wannabe capital class" is the key enabler of all of this. The class of people who clearly fall into the "labor" class, behaving as though they will one day be the "capital" class, is probably the majority of the posters on HN (this used to be me too). How do you know if you're in the labor class? Here's a quick test: - Do you have or represent the voting position of a controlling or influential number of shares in a for-profit stock organization? - Could you choose at any point, not to be employed for a wage, and maintain your current consumption pattern or grow your consumption indefinitely? If not, then you're firmly "labor" and unless you're on the trajectory to be one of these then you won't become it no matter how much money you put in your bank from your salary. As "labor" you have basically zero control of your working destiny compared to oligarchs. Which of course is why so many people want to get out of this class! In the best case however, people will get to "wannabe capital" status - which is kind of the worst place to be, I know cause I've been there. This class - also known as the petite-bougeoise - is typically just down the line management through SVP in most large corporations, and are the ground troops for Capital, with the promise of power just dangling out of reach. People in this class in my experience fall into two categories: Think that someday they will rule the world with their genius and magnanimous ideas, or they just don't care and "fuck you got mine" to buy an island. They'll retire with up to - lets say $10 or $20M in the bank - put their kids through college, do some angel investing, donate to some charitable things and get your name on the wall at your kids school for donating a new basketball hoop. They might be a local micro-celebrity in their community - but otherwise don't really control or have any say over how major things in the world run. Most importantly though, they ensure that people below them never get the power. They will do whatever it takes to ensure that they do not support anything that could possibly get in their way of future riches and power (which most will never even get close to). They will fight Unions and cooperatives and anything that might reduce their total overall earning capacity - you see these arguments CONSTANTLY on HN. So until we end that striving and people trying to get into the capital class, then there will always have a forever group of psychopaths willing to step up and crush labor for the promise (that never comes) of riches and power.