“Small comic based on the amazing words of Ursula K. Le Guin”.

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  • lad@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    Up until the last part I thought your point was going to be “but now we have class mobility”. Yeah, we don’t 😫 freedom is an illusion for the most part, but a convenient one

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      3 days ago

      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

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        3 days ago

        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