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@jenniferplusplus i learned the phrase "labor discipline" from Clara Mattei's book (The Capital Order) and now i see it everywhere. i think you're right about the labor disorganizing. i think it might also be simple cruelty, because that's been capitalists' preferred way of disciplining labor for at least a century (Mattei's book has the receipts).

11 January at 17:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on octodon.social
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@walruslifestyle Yes, it's as much a habit as a conscious choice they're making. They feel their power is under attack, and they're responding semi-reflexively by using that power to hit back as forcefully as they think they can sustain. It's sort of a financial controlled escalation. Which is to say they take and retain control by doing more violence than they think their enemy can match.

11 January at 17:26 | Open on hachyderm.io
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@jenniferplusplus right, and i think we all need to recognize that this stuff is a campaign of violence. it's not about numbers on a spreadsheet or whatever other neutral excuses are offered to disguise reality. it's a coordinated and sustained effort to keep labor subordinate. they don't want us to get any funny ideas that working remotely or receiving insurance benefits, like we saw happen when COVID took off, were going to be permanent. they don't want us organizing and building power. i think they're going after tech people because relative to most occupations in the US tech tends to be well-paid, respected, and reliable despite low union representation. they can't tolerate this any more than they can tolerate unions or other organizing. labor needs to be underpaid, humiliated, and precarious at all times.

@jenniferplusplus right, and i think we all need to recognize that this stuff is a campaign of violence. it's not about numbers on a spreadsheet or whatever other neutral excuses are offered to disguise reality. it's a coordinated and sustained effort to keep labor subordinate. they don't want us to get any funny ideas that working remotely or receiving insurance benefits, like we saw happen when COVID took off, were going to be permanent. they don't want us organizing and building power. i think...

11 January at 17:37 | Open on octodon.social
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