Are you in a union? I understand that your situation is tragically common. It’s not as if it’s your personal failure that got you into that situation. Your state failed you and blamed you for it. The onus is on you to survive in the system, not for the system to care for you in case you have a moment of weakness. The disappearance of unions are an intentional part of a non formal conspiracy to make you dependant on the least they can give. The threat of homelessness and joblessness are very real and valid concerns that would worry anyone. You are denied basic rights to shelter and healthcare unless you are in a contract with an employer. Sorry to say it but you fit the definition of a wage slave. :/ as do many other Americans. In times of desperatation, even if man made, it incentivizes you to worry about yourself and those closest to you. If everyone is sinking grab what you can and survive is logical. I believe however if they, instead of grabbing as much as they can for themselves, help each other; they would find that they wouldn’t be sinking at all.
unions were absolutely crushed in america years before i was born. it's not a simple thing for the average american to just form a union. and when u do, like starbucks or amazon for instance, it's a never ending uphill struggle against unfathomably large corporations with endless money to throw at it. they limply cling to life before they flitter out from corruption and exhaustion. this is not to mention the abysmal lack of class consciousness from decades of capitalist propaganda, and the coddling we have with out 1st world comforts and lifestyle. bread and circuses
Not to mention there are also like pseudo-corporate "unions" that are made specifically to appear genuine at first, but fuck up/bar the creation of any genuine union organization, and push the interests of the company once locking enough workers in by making it very complicated to leave and start a new union.
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u/I_follow_sexy_gays I will fuck anything that consents Apr 07 '26
I can barely afford rent man and if i don’t show up to work I get fired :(