Was thinking about what it would be like living under a post-capitalist system and this thought came into my head. Are there any behaviors or triggers associated with previously having lived in a capitalist system that still manifest in people who have lived in a capitalist system even when they are no longer doing so?

    • carpe_modo
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      2 years ago

      Honestly, most of their complaints just boil down to alienation and exploitation. One of them said their cleaning job made them feel like they were actually doing something. They complain about having to be constantly on the job to answer emails and stuff. Just wish they would realize that it was capitalism instead of a corporate job that was doing it to them.

    • redtea
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      2 years ago

      Strange article, isn’t it?

      On the one hand it’s trying to portray a AU$100k job as being at the top of the corporate ladder (there’s a strong ideological function in this framing). On the other hand it seems that AU$100k is just middle management. Either that or cleaners are paid exceptionally well in Australia.

      Of course middle management is going to be stressful and unrewarding – you’re only there to deliver the bosses orders and the boss takes a wager that you don’t need to be bribed very much to be a dickhead to everyone below you.

      As @carpe_modo@lemmygrad.ml pointed out, it seems the guy bought into the dream and realised that companies are run for the shareholders, so what Paul (not pictured @treadonmedaddy@lemmygrad.ml) is facing is his own exploitation and alienation.

      Still, I bet Maccy D’s is enjoying the publicity and the message that it’s jobs pay just enough to live on and are rewarding. And that might be true enough, but it’ll be treated as a mantra the next time the workers ask for a pay rise: ‘but don’t you know we can replace you with people who want to be happy’.