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[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Up until the last part I thought your point was going to be "but now we have class mobility". Yeah, we don't ๐Ÿ˜ซ freedom is an illusion for the most part, but a convenient one

[โ€“] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Accepting the existence of class mobility doesn't imply freedom. Freedom to exploit your fellow workers and become a class traitor isn't freedom. It's just a fact that social mobility has increased significantly

[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I meant that workers really don't have freedom, but we are led to believe that we do have it, because it's convenient for the rich

[โ€“] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I'm fully aware, I never said workers are free under capitalism