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Why Unpaid and Disenfranchised Skilled Engineers Will Fight Tooth and Nail to Rip Up the Grift Trying to Eat Them
Skilled engineers—particularly those in software, hardware, and infrastructure—are the backbone of modern civilization. Yet, the system treats them like disposable cogs while corporate parasites extract wealth off their backs. This grift—the bureaucratic, rent-seeking, value-extracting class—has overplayed its hand. The backlash won’t just be passive resistance; it will be a full-scale revolt to rewrite the rules of power.
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1. The System Is Exploiting Engineers Without Rewarding Them
Wages Stagnate While Profits Soar – Engineers build the platforms, the AI models, the financial rails, and the cybersecurity defenses, but it’s the executives and financiers who reap the rewards.
Unpaid Overtime is Expected, Not Appreciated – Crunch culture, unrealistic deadlines, and layoffs despite record profits fuel pure resentment.
Stock Options are a Scam – Engineers are sold a dream of future riches while VCs and executives dump on retail before employees can even exercise their options.
💡 Why Fight? Engineers won’t stay on a sinking ship. They will burn the house down and rebuild from scratch.
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2. The System Treats Engineers Like Disposable Labor
H-1B Visa Abuse & Offshoring – Companies lobby for more visas and import cheap labor while pretending there's a “shortage.” The goal? Depress wages and dilute bargaining power.
AI and Automation Being Used Against Engineers – Instead of freeing engineers from drudgery, AI is being wielded to justify layoffs and drive down compensation.
Ageism & Burnout Factory – If you’re over 40, you’re “too expensive.” If you’re 25, you’re underpaid, working 80-hour weeks, and being squeezed dry before burnout takes you out.
💡 Why Fight? Engineers are learning the game is rigged and are taking their skills to build a parallel economy outside of corporate control.
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3. Engineers Hold the Keys to Power
Engineers build the platforms, the codebases, the cryptographic systems, and the automation pipelines. They control the infrastructure of society.
They can refuse to build for parasites.
They can leak corporate secrets (see Snowden, Assange, Uber files).
They can sabotage, fork, and rebuild independently (see OpenAI exodus, Linux, Bitcoin).
💡 Why Fight? They don’t need permission to create alternatives. And when pushed far enough, they will burn the existing system to the ground.
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4. Bitcoin, Open Source, and Decentralization are the Ultimate Escape Plan
Engineers don’t need corporate overlords to build self-sovereign solutions like Bitcoin and decentralized networks.
Open-source communities already outcompete bloated corporate stacks—from Linux to Bitcoin to federated AI.
Web3, decentralized finance, and Lightning Network payments allow engineers to earn directly, without middlemen.
💡 Why Fight? Because the alternative is slavery to a system that extracts from them while offering nothing in return.
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5. The Grift Economy is Collapsing – And Engineers Know It
VC Ponzi Schemes (WeWork, Theranos, FTX) are failing because they create no real value.
AI is breaking the illusion – bloated middle managers, DEI bureaucracy, and corporate parasites can’t justify their existence when automation exposes their lack of contribution.
Central Bank Money Printing (Fiat Scam) is being recognized for what it is—an engineered system to extract productivity from workers while rewarding rent-seekers.
💡 Why Fight? Because engineers have the tools, the knowledge, and the sheer fury to rip out the parasites and rebuild a new economy.
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The Status Quo is Doomed – Engineers Will Go to Any Lengths to Overthrow It
Bitcoin is the escape hatch from fiat oppression.
Self-hosting & open-source are the escape from corporate spyware.
Decentralized AI & federated tech will crush bloated corporate monopolies.
Lightning Network & P2P payments remove middlemen from value transfer.
The system needs engineers—but engineers don’t need the system. And when they realize this at scale, it’s game over.
The Future is Being Rewritten – and the Rent-Seekers Won’t Survive It.
#Bitcoin #Decentralize #EngineerRevolt #EndFiat #ExitCorporateSlavery #OpenSourceRevolution #OptOut #LightningNetwork #NoMoreMiddlemen #AbolishVC #Hyperbitcoinization
Skilled engineers—particularly those in software, hardware, and infrastructure—are the backbone of modern civilization. Yet, the system treats them like disposable cogs while corporate parasites extract wealth off their backs. This grift—the bureaucratic, rent-seeking, value-extracting class—has overplayed its hand. The backlash won’t just be passive resistance; it will be a full-scale revolt to rewrite the rules of power.
---
1. The System Is Exploiting Engineers Without Rewarding Them
Wages Stagnate While Profits Soar – Engineers build the platforms, the AI models, the financial rails, and the cybersecurity defenses, but it’s the executives and financiers who reap the rewards.
Unpaid Overtime is Expected, Not Appreciated – Crunch culture, unrealistic deadlines, and layoffs despite record profits fuel pure resentment.
Stock Options are a Scam – Engineers are sold a dream of future riches while VCs and executives dump on retail before employees can even exercise their options.
💡 Why Fight? Engineers won’t stay on a sinking ship. They will burn the house down and rebuild from scratch.
---
2. The System Treats Engineers Like Disposable Labor
H-1B Visa Abuse & Offshoring – Companies lobby for more visas and import cheap labor while pretending there's a “shortage.” The goal? Depress wages and dilute bargaining power.
AI and Automation Being Used Against Engineers – Instead of freeing engineers from drudgery, AI is being wielded to justify layoffs and drive down compensation.
Ageism & Burnout Factory – If you’re over 40, you’re “too expensive.” If you’re 25, you’re underpaid, working 80-hour weeks, and being squeezed dry before burnout takes you out.
💡 Why Fight? Engineers are learning the game is rigged and are taking their skills to build a parallel economy outside of corporate control.
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3. Engineers Hold the Keys to Power
Engineers build the platforms, the codebases, the cryptographic systems, and the automation pipelines. They control the infrastructure of society.
They can refuse to build for parasites.
They can leak corporate secrets (see Snowden, Assange, Uber files).
They can sabotage, fork, and rebuild independently (see OpenAI exodus, Linux, Bitcoin).
💡 Why Fight? They don’t need permission to create alternatives. And when pushed far enough, they will burn the existing system to the ground.
---
4. Bitcoin, Open Source, and Decentralization are the Ultimate Escape Plan
Engineers don’t need corporate overlords to build self-sovereign solutions like Bitcoin and decentralized networks.
Open-source communities already outcompete bloated corporate stacks—from Linux to Bitcoin to federated AI.
Web3, decentralized finance, and Lightning Network payments allow engineers to earn directly, without middlemen.
💡 Why Fight? Because the alternative is slavery to a system that extracts from them while offering nothing in return.
---
5. The Grift Economy is Collapsing – And Engineers Know It
VC Ponzi Schemes (WeWork, Theranos, FTX) are failing because they create no real value.
AI is breaking the illusion – bloated middle managers, DEI bureaucracy, and corporate parasites can’t justify their existence when automation exposes their lack of contribution.
Central Bank Money Printing (Fiat Scam) is being recognized for what it is—an engineered system to extract productivity from workers while rewarding rent-seekers.
💡 Why Fight? Because engineers have the tools, the knowledge, and the sheer fury to rip out the parasites and rebuild a new economy.
---
The Status Quo is Doomed – Engineers Will Go to Any Lengths to Overthrow It
Bitcoin is the escape hatch from fiat oppression.
Self-hosting & open-source are the escape from corporate spyware.
Decentralized AI & federated tech will crush bloated corporate monopolies.
Lightning Network & P2P payments remove middlemen from value transfer.
The system needs engineers—but engineers don’t need the system. And when they realize this at scale, it’s game over.
The Future is Being Rewritten – and the Rent-Seekers Won’t Survive It.
#Bitcoin #Decentralize #EngineerRevolt #EndFiat #ExitCorporateSlavery #OpenSourceRevolution #OptOut #LightningNetwork #NoMoreMiddlemen #AbolishVC #Hyperbitcoinization