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American work culture is authoritarian but I’m only just realizing how deep it goes

American work cultures help contribute to a society that's complacent with evil, at best, and helps bring it forth at worst. Hierarchical systems with top-down leadership models train us to think like authoritarians. As democracy erodes, is it any surprise? Anything but compliance is betrayal. Self-preservation turns us all into the “good” Nazis who can't risk speaking out on small matters, let alone large ones, and while I'm glad I've made truly costly sacrifices by speaking up, in more ways than one, I also deeply regret how unavoidable it is to make a living without contributing to our fascistic work culture. I never thought of anti-work as anti-fascist but it is through and through.


American work cultures help contribute to a society that's complacent with evil, at best, and helps bring it forth at worst. Hierarchical systems with top-down leadership models train us to think like authoritarians. As democracy erodes, is it any surprise? Anything but compliance is betrayal. Self-preservation turns us all into the “good” Nazis who can't risk speaking out on small matters, let alone large ones, and while I'm glad I've made truly costly sacrifices by speaking up, in more ways than one, I also deeply regret how unavoidable it is to make a living without contributing to our fascistic work culture. I never thought of anti-work as anti-fascist but it is through and through.

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