The dismissive tech worker discourse around #WGA and #SAGAFTRA #union workers striking basically fall into a predictable pattern:

a) They think actors and writers are a lot better off than most of them are;

b) They have made careers in an industry without any union protection, and somehow think this makes them virtuous;

c) They have no goddamn clue whatsoever how badly they themselves are being exploited.

@flargh There’s also a sort of mythology with tech bros that being in the STEM realm magically protects them from the sort of capitalist pressures that suppress wages, ruin work-life balance, and expose workers to job insecurity.
@PKMKII @flargh some think they’re immune, yet they also work for people who exploit them and hold those who have in the past in high esteem—for ex https://mstdn.social/@SarahOestreich/110727930286059888 —and others recognize they are subject to the wills of mercurial billionaire/trillion dollar businesses and think others should have to suffer too, instead of imagining a different situation for all.
Sarah (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Emblematic of #VC #tech brain rot. Celebrating CEOs colluding to keep wages down. These people are gross. Oh, and it was highly illegal. Do these people love #SteveJobs or committing crimes? Either way, putting it in writing is a very stupid move.

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