Ep131: Class Conflict Clarity

After a week off I return by wrapping up the topic from last time, namely debunking Micheal Lind and the myth of a professional class, then the original article pointing out the capitalists far away are easier to fight than the ones in town. In the 2nd half I shift to discussing the ‘worker shortage’ with coverage of the latest strike-wave, a Liberals observations, and the insanity of hiring practices. More like a shortage of suckers grinding for the man, Amma-rite?

Music Used: I Feel the Weight, by Mike Snow: Clip from South Park

Sources

Micheal Linds radical centrist class politics
https://www.thebellows.org/the-myth-of-the-99/
Unused: Lind On the Hill; defends self and actual position, being pro union and other worker orgs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpakMRm6mmo
Marxist case for the PMC not being a class at all by ‘Marxist Paul’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0KHMHngotM&list=PL12j9ckT0EV_TEQ3puuUFMvwFnbiObOcF&index=29&t=327s
Against The American Gentry Class
https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/09/to-hell-with-the-american-gentry/
Gender gap in college students continues to widen, and drop altogether. (paywall!)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233
New Strike-wave among the unionized or newly unionized during ‘worker shortage’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/13/striketober-full-swing-nearly-100000-workers-authorize-work-stoppages
A New England banker discusses the worker shortage in Bar Harbor ME
https://bensprague.substack.com/p/where-are-all-the-workers
Automated screening prevents some of the hiring
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/hiring-resume-screening-software-job-descriptions.html