"The capitalist dream starts with killing our imagination, to make us believe that "there is no alternative."...

"We have (former Amazon CEO) Clark to thank for the Amazon drivers who had to shit in bags and piss in bottles to make quota. Clark was behind the illegal union-busting tactics used against employees in the #Bessamer, Alabama warehouse. We have Clark to thank for the Amazon chat app that banned users from posting the words "restroom," "slave labor," "plantation," and "union"

Where is labor now getting the gumption to stand up to corporate corruption and abuse?

"It came from getting pissed off and talking about it. Shouting about it. Arguing about it.

Laws, markets and code matter, but they're nothing without norms. That's why Uber and Lyft were willing to spend $200m to fight fair labor practices. They didn't just want to keep their costs low - they wanted to snuff out the vibe, the idea that workers deserve a fair deal"

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/14/prop-22-never-again/#norms-code-laws-markets (Sept 2023)

https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/05/doubleplusrelentless (Apr 2022)