Indeed, until a place is a co-op or has a strong union contract — things that structurally change the power dynamics of a job — this kind of exploitation is going to be the order of the day far more often than not...
But after Helene, and plenty of other crises, governments bend over backwards to pour out cash for business owners, especially the wealthier ones. Workers get evicted.
Money and power for those with money and power is the point. Everything else, and everyone else, ends up expendable...
For every genuinely decent co-op or worker-run spot, there are multiple places that cut corners, violate labor laws, commit wage theft, harass and abuse employees, spout open bigotry and crush unions...
This is also why the automatic veneration of "small, local" business (even long after they've stopped being small or local) is a massive problem here....
This is enraging. It is also far too common, especially here.
What's that? A vaunted local Asheville business just suddenly shut down, fired their workers and stole their pay? Again?
please read my insanely embarrassing piece in the NYT "It's Bad—Why I Revised My Thoughts Regarding Poo Poo" that I was paid $90000 to write
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
It's easy to be pessimistic if you look around at everything going on.
But if you channel those feelings into collective action that produces observable outcomes, whether it be through mutual aid, workplace unions, or local politics, you will be forever optimistic about what can be done.
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Mood:
"I can tell you that every jerk with an MBA gets to try out his latest productivity scheme on the American workforce with the net result being that workplace flexibility means learning how to stand on your head, bend over backwards, and kiss your boss' ass"
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This is exactly right. The white kids and adults I know who know the true history of the United States and Colonialism don't feel bad or guilty; they feel angry, in community with their peers of other races, and empowered to push for change. Enlightened white people are dangerous to the hegemony.
thinking about the dude is who gave their discord login to rockstar so they could spy on a union discord and get a load of people fired for no reason
like, strauss isn't gonna take you to dinner dude
they're not gonna give you royalties from gta
they would as soon fire you as anyone else
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trump is america's saddam
Tweet from @mmpadellan: I'm old enough to remember when President Obama deported so many people, they called him "Deporter in Chief," but he did it without his agents shooting U.S. Citizen mothers in the face 3 times. Built different.
liberals are impossible to satirize
"As bad as it is to say, we're white, we'll be ok no matter what" - My sister's husband in late 2023
That wasn't even his worst take in that same call. The suburbs are sociopath factories, *mic drop*
Hey what are you doing in my train of thought??!!
Nothing will ever improve if we avoid dealing with what's happening, if you're more worried about *keeping positive* than facing reality nothing will change, grief and anger are a stronger motivation than *good vibes*.
I will never condemn violence against fascists. Tolerance of intolerance destroys democracy. It's as true now as it was in Weimar Germany.
Moins de ressources pour l’équité salariale, moins de soutien pour les femmes victimes de violence.
Ce n'est pas aux femmes de payer le prix de l'irresponsabilité financière de la CAQ.
En matière d'égalité entre les sexes, Québec solidaire n'admettra aucun recul.
they are attempting to create a way for white guys who wear gingham shirts to start claiming you’re racist toward them
I'm not even the slightest bit surprised by this. If they can bite off Alberta and make it officially North Texas, they absolutely will.
My Thoughts From Montreal podcast series has, uh, gone places
Thoughts Before and After the DEXA Scan is out! I got a fancy X-ray to find out how much more fat I should burn.
Thanks @sirrajatah.bsky.social for help with the thumbnail, it's perfect, especially since I wasn't planning to come back to the US anyway :P
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S’il y a un seul militant nazi dans ta manif et qu’il est pas kick out, t’es dans une manif nazi.
Le PQ et les néonazis : une histoire en quatre temps. Il est extrêmement grave qu’on puisse établir un rapprochement entre des militants néonazis et le Parti québécois. La responsabilité en revient à PSPP et aux membres du parti qui gardent le silence.