Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Creative workers have long been encouraged to see themselves as "independent ...
Creative workers have long been encouraged to see themselves as "independent businesspeople" - LLCs with MFAs - and this mind-zap is augmented with our bosses' repeated insistence that the unions are for big burly blue-collar workers, not ethereal dreamers and pencil-pushers. Our bosses tell this story because it discourages us from forming unions and demanding fair pay and good working conditions (obviously).
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