Basically blaming the workers for not being happy with their lot.
Not paying a living wage and terrible work conditions…Have you tried mindfulness?
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 enjoy that Germensch just sounds like German people in German
That’s obscene
😱🤯
Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Picard has an English accent.
That’s the universal translator at work. Once you order Earl Grey so many times, it just assumes you want an English accent.
At least that was my comfortable little headcanon before that episode of Picard.
You think only Americans can give their kids pretentious special snowflake first names?
Must be from Strasbourg…
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, you’re already there.
Take it further, and watch out in media for statements like “Market 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… “labor costs are the reason we are losing money.” While handing the c-suite bonuses.
Or… “if you take a vacation you’ll be hurting the team.”
🤣 excellent!
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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
What if I’m a slave by nature and incapable of doing anything to help my fellow man?
Enlist in the US military, I guess.
Ugh, you guys are no fun
https://pca.st/episode/a8bc145d-94d8-4c4f-b3c6-635e3f8e81e4
If Books Could Kill did a great episode on this. “Who Moved My Cheese”
Self-help that just makes you a better employee instead of a happier person is too real 😅
