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it’s bad that it increasingly feels like everyone has to be a TV host now if they want to stay gainfully employed

I think the rise of person as a brand and self-promotion to climb your career, on top of creator economy demanding attention getting behavior to get eyeballs is the cultural influence. But you could point further back to killing off "company man" loyalty. Everyone has to sell themselves.

Zachary Shirkey

@zachary-shirkey.bsky.social

30 Aug

Does it feel like that off line? Of course, I work in a heavily unionized metro area that’s generally doing well (if expensive af). My municipality is heavily working class and majority Latino and while people do a lot to make ends meet, it isn‘t online or culturally based at all.

Faine Greenwood

@faineg.com

I suppose I could have noted that if you’re in a heavily unionized industry and area it’s certainly way less of an issue (but we do only have so many characters here)

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Zachary Shirkey

@zachary-shirkey.bsky.social

30 Aug

I suspect the immigrant trades workers here aren’t unionized but for the rest of NYC, unionization makes a huge difference. I honestly wonder how much we could solve by: 1) more unionization 2) higher taxes on the rich 3) building more houses