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Because those holding the levers of power saw the BLM protests and rising unionization efforts during COVID, and demanded mandatory RTO and AI investment to pre
by stego-tech 1y ago
Because those holding the levers of power saw the BLM protests and rising unionization efforts during COVID, and demanded mandatory RTO and AI investment to preserve their gains.
I think most self-aware people know which way the pendulum is swinging, and the reason there’s “no fight” right now is because those of us who know what’s coming next are too busy protecting ourselves to organize protests again. We did Occupy Wall Street, we did XR, we did BLM and Gaza and anti-ICE, but those with their hands on the levers of power have made it abundantly clear that nothing will change until they’re dead, regardless of how many other people suffer and die before them.
And so, we’re making sure they die first by prioritizing our present survival and taking targeted opportunities when they present themselves, rather than trying to organize a mass movement that most of our peers refuse to give a shit about because they can still make rent as a burrito taxi with three roommates, for now.
- jalapenod 1y agoWall Street loves BLM and critical race theory, they dredged up every divisive 1960s idea they could after OWS.
- stego-tech 1y agoFrom my perspective, they hate it. Police protect capital, and any movement that threatens police in turn threatens capital. CRT is just history, and the current holders of power are terrified at being held accountable for historical errors and choices, hence the opposition to it. Wall Street hates anything that breaks up or diversifies those at the top, and it’s why they were all too happy to embrace these on the surface when hiring was tight, and then throw them aside as soon as it was more profitable to do so. Trying to ascribe morality to capital is like anthropomorphizing your lounge chair, and also why I’m in the “no corps at Pride” camp: objects don’t have ethics.