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didnt read the article tho
as in, Vox is not meant to report on the news because its mission is to amass a huge amount of search-engine-optimized articles that will in turn establish a technocratic-liberal-libertarian viewpoint as a constant drone that overpowers any other message. And of course they knew it wouldn't be able to beat Wikipedia, but they also know that it would cause tons of Wikipedia articles to link back to their site and please their investors and advertisers with click-throughs.
what this means here i guess is that reality is breaking through in a way not even an aggressively stupid person like Yglesias could manage to deny.
reminds me of this howler i saw somewhere
there needs to be a name for this type of construction
littlegreenpills posted:vox is four years behind thomas Pikachu lol
magazines, or MAGAzines as they are known these days, are for people who cannot or will not read books
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glomper_stomper posted:the highest stratum of the labor aristocracy basically.
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le_nelson_mandela_face posted:this is important to take a position on because a standard liberal critique of marxist class conception is What About Lebron James? (or in this case, Tom Brady.) he makes $20 million a year to throw a ball around, how is he proletarian? how is he exploited? the first thing to note is that exploitation of labor power refers to laborers as a class, and could withstand an exception or two if found. so it's possible Tom Brady isn't exploited, but the innumerable bus drivers, trainers, groundskeepers, concessions workers, and even other players under the Patriots Inc. umbrella certainly are - just as it's possible that in an office building or factory somewhere there is a guy who is paid more than he actually brings in to the company. which ties into the second point - a capitalist football team is likely making more from Tom Brady's or Office Drone 427's labor than he is being paid, and believes this to be the case. if they believe that they are paying them more than they're bringing in, or that they could bring in the same amount while paying someone less, then a rational capitalist business will fire them, as happens constantly both in football and in office settings.
well sure and also workers are alienated for lots of reasons besides just making less money in wages than they make for their employer
le_nelson_mandela_face posted:obviously tom brady isnt anything resembling a priority, but he makes a living by work and not by capital accumulation
shouldnt we withhold judgment on this question until after its clear that his clothing line/restaurant chain/videogame moneypit has collapsed and bankrupted him