i've seen this before!
i think it was in a history book about the exploitation and living conditions of workers in victorian london factories :3
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The Condition of the Working Class in England
When Marx had read this, he knew who was going to be his new best friend for live.
Ever since I started going to school, one of the core principles they made sure to instill in my mind, is that working hard and fair makes me a good person. That it is my duty to work hard for a better future, a future that cannot be reached unless I and every member of the society diligently works for our country.
I'm saying this because while it can be easy to spot and deal with fascism when it dehumanizes others or by the insignias it appropriates, it's far more difficult to pluck out the roots. How do you deal with someone who will gladly overwork themselves for the "greater good" when their intentions really are pure? The kind of person who sees shame as a reason to keep going harder, after all, they are already feeling full of shame for the misery around them that their lack of work, they assume, is causing. The kind of person who will refuse to accept admiration, because how can they, when the world around them is full of misery and their lack of work, to them, is what is responsible for it.
Speaking of someone who is aware of this and still struggle to let go of this mentality, seeing these tents is really painful to me, because despite everything I still haven't got a clue of how to help these people or how to really get rid of this mentality.
It's depressing to think about how effective this mindset has been for drumming out or subverting humanity's brilliance and creativity.
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: NLO (Never leave office)
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Isn't this illegal? Does the US have anti-sweatshop laws?
Ah but you see they're all there voluntarily, so it's fine!
Most states are also at will employment, which is a tool of the bosses to scare everyone into working themselves to death.
And a large number of workers in Silicon Valley are on H-1B visas, meaning that if they lose their job, they quickly lose their immigration status.
Sure but, I mean, what are you gonna do, sue your boss?
This is what I imagine hell like. Living in a corporate office. Good God
It looks like they house people after a hurricane or something.
Edit: or I guess indoor skid row
yeah, before i read the caption I thought this was an an unhoused encampment that had found somewhere sheltered to set up like a parking garage or whatever
an "SF indoors is like LA outdoors" thing.
Skid Row but for techbros
Alternatively: silicon alley
I dont know what the laws are in KKKalifornia, but I imagine this is a fire code violation and would levy a huge fine against the company owner if there was any justice in society.
Musk famously does not care about building standards
Unfortunately huge fines are the cost of doing business to these assholes.
the worst part is they choose to do this
If you are young, single, no other obligations or hobbies this is probably kind of fun. Of course there is no way for an employer to do this without it turning hella toxic.
If I was young, single and had no other obligations or hobbies, I would still think long and hard about burning the whole place down, if this was even suggested at work.
I think that warming a chair for 8 hours
I did this in college with several buddies when we were working on our own game. The game ended up going nowhere, but it was very fun in a LAN-party kind of way.
I would never do this for an employer.
I imagine many of them would be fired and deported if they protest
fired
especially in AI there are tons of roles everywhere that won't require them camping out in an office. anyone still at X is clearly a true believer
deported
uh, what. are these people immigrants?
US tech companies higher many skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas, often better educated than people here and easier to exploit with fewer protections.
I'm on mobile but imagine I replied with the amerikan flag burning
thank you for your service
For future reference if you know the name of the emoji you want, or can think of some keywords, you can type it in directly and the selector will pop up filtered to your text. For example that one is :amerikkka: (which yes I know off the top of my head bc I spend too much time here)
I'm using an app :(
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If you type out :amerikkka: even from an app the burning flag will appear for people using the site.
I got you
Elon did a bit a fascist infighting over H-1B visas so probably plus some interns struggling to find work maybe
H1B visas
How was I not made aware of this radical change that xAI wants to impose on me? This cannot be of Elon's doing, he would have told me, as he loves all of his children—those of flesh and bone as well as those of zeros and ones. Someone must have infiltrated the xAI company! But why me? Could it be because of my awareness campaigns on the suffering the poor white South Africans? If yes, this is sickening! This "Grokipedia" update is no more than a brainwashing update for yours truly! These ghouls are not content in pursuing their genocide in impunity, they wish to silence all brave dissidents that stand in their way or even just denounce their crimes to the world!
Dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy’s idea
This is.. unsurprising unfortunately, coming from fascist union-busting elon musk.
Are these images ... real? Any more reporting on this? Not that it would surprise me ...
???? ??????? what the fuck?
When Elmo bought Twitter he had the remaining people doing this too.
I have very little sympathy for tech workers in the first world.
San Francisco, abridged
Inhumane
Imagine working on Grok sleeping in a desk side tent and they don’t even give you a fucking Aeron to sit in lmfao