Basically blaming the workers for not being happy with their lot.
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Apparently there is no English translation but author and comedian Jean-Philippe Kindler wrote a book called "Fuck self-love, give me class struggle" about this exact phenomenon.
"Jean-Philippe" doesn't really sound german
Wanna hear something crazy? French people can interbreed with German people.
That's how you get Frenchman and Germench.
I have an Italian name but was born and live in France, names are arbitrary.
Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Picard has an English accent.
You think only Americans can give their kids pretentious special snowflake first names?
In sociology, we call it false consciousness. We are constantly being conditioned by popular culture, to support and look up to the ruling classes. People even vote to give them more power.
Interesting! Is there any way to combat this "false consciousness"?
If you realize your employer is full of BS, youβre already there.
Take it further, and watch out in media for statements like βMarket downturn makes Billionaire Bob millions poorer.β Bob the Billionaire will never be poor, and we shouldnβt give a shit about Bobβs billions in wealth that wonβt change his day one iota.
Orβ¦ βlabor costs are the reason we are losing money.β While handing the c-suite bonuses.
Orβ¦ βif you take a vacation youβll be hurting the team.β
https://pca.st/episode/a8bc145d-94d8-4c4f-b3c6-635e3f8e81e4
If Books Could Kill did a great episode on this. "Who Moved My Cheese"
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This book is actually useful. "Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail.
I thought I hated working; I found out that a job that fits you makes all the difference.
If you have to earn a living, you might as well do something you enjoy.
This does work for some people, but my experience was that having my livelihood depend on my passion completely killed my passion.
You misunderstand.
There's a big difference between something you're passionate about and something you enjoy.
The book works by testing your skills in different areas and then giving you a list of jobs that sue those skills.
For example, if one has good social skills and good dexterity they could be successful as a hairstylist or as a paramedic or as a product demonstrator.
All the jobs are different but they use the same skills.
If you actually like talking to people you'll be miserable driving a truck alone all day. That's what the book prevents.
That's still helping my boss though
You could get a civil service job and work for the community.
Lol what if that's not what I'm best at
Found the boss.
The Kindle might cost you $79 (or a bit more), but youβll spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on books.
This was a big part of why I got a Kobo to replace my kindle. Built in overdrive support so I can get loads of books from my local library and it's super easy to load up books that you've downloaded from places like Standard eBooks and Project Gutenberg.
Self-help that just makes you a better employee instead of a happier person is too real π



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