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[–] 90 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Basically blaming the workers for not being happy with their lot.

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  • [–] 74 points 5 months ago* (11 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (10 children)

    "Jean-Philippe" doesn't really sound german

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Wanna hear something crazy? French people can interbreed with German people.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Interesting! Is there any way to combat this "false consciousness"?

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    If you realize your employer is full of BS, you’re already there.

    Take it further, and watch out in media for statements like β€œMarket downturn makes Billionaire Bob millions poorer.” Bob the Billionaire will never be poor, and we shouldn’t give a shit about Bob’s billions in wealth that won’t change his day one iota.

    Or… β€œlabor costs are the reason we are losing money.” While handing the c-suite bonuses.

    Or… β€œif you take a vacation you’ll be hurting the team.”

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    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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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    🀣 excellent!

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    [off topic]

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This does work for some people, but my experience was that having my livelihood depend on my passion completely killed my passion.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    That's still helping my boss though

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    You could get a civil service job and work for the community.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Lol what if that's not what I'm best at

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    to be fair this is legit

    I try to live by these sorts of principals https://mnmlist.com/archives/

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The Kindle might cost you $79 (or a bit more), but you’ll 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.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Self-help that just makes you a better employee instead of a happier person is too real πŸ˜…

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