Submitted 3 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to workreform@lemmy.world
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Funny (in a sadly unintentionally ironic way) that the two responses this has gotten so far are both examples of how seductive and effective it is…
It’s not a coincidence that Machiavelli outlined the divide and conquer strategy 500 years ago. It was and still is one of the simplest and most effective ways psychopathic shitstains can hold onto power in the face of what would otherwise be wholly deserved condemnation and opposition.
Okay, sure, the divisive narrative is effective and everyone should be vigilant regarding any such language. On the other hand, my own Conservative immigrant mother is a glowing example of… all of it. I won’t bore y’all with galling “I pulled myself up with my own bootstraps” illusory truth effect of which she’s convinced herself. But this mindset is pervasive and durable. It seems almost deterministic among Strict Father Model people that they can’t see how they stand on the shoulders of giants.
I’d sure love to hear any ideas anyone might have in undermining this self-dialogue that people use on themselves.
Liberalism and reform is how the capitalist class divides the working class. Treatsers love their treats. Fuck these selfish ass brain washed ladder pulling boomers that don’t read or pay attention. Brown noser Gen Xer’s are next. The boomer is a state of mind. A vessel for imperialist propaganda
your missing the part where you arnt dealing with a website for jobs, and your competing with so many people at once.
and not getting nagged on because the job prospects is so poor in recent decades.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The reason you will never hear a working class conservative complain about the billionaire class screwing them is because conservatives have always been the foot-soldiers of the billionaire class.
If not for conservatives, the normal people would be permitted to charge billionaires with crimes, force them to pay proper taxes, make them pay fair wages. If not for conservatives, the normal people would be able to unionize and to protest. Without conservatives, workers would have mandatory sick time, mandatory time off, protections from wage theft and protections from improper dismissal.
The boss cannot be defeated until his foot-soldiers are dead.
psycholocomotor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Conservatives also usually are conservatives because they get some sort of treats from the system. They’re white or a man who’s not gay or GNC. The benefit from this economic oppression hitting minorities harder than their privileged group and that allows them to have power over the people beneath them.