My brother-in-law works as a trader for a hedge fund and it took a lengthy explanation for me to convince him he was a laborer.
Unions or no, this piece from The Bullet seems to put its finger on one of the main causes, one which I think most on the list would find compelling: the main institutional organs of the labor party give undying, unprincipled support for the Democratic party.
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/453.php
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 09:11, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> Software engineers are laborers.
>
> Most of those called "middle management" are laborers.
>
> Reporters are laborers.
>
> College professors are laborers.
>
> Public School teachers are laborers.
>
> Technical writers are laborers.
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> Entry-level investment bankers are laborers.
>
> Quality-control engineers are laborers.
>
> Are all these people losers?
>
> Do very many people even have the word "losers" in their everyday
> vocabulary, or is that merely a word that intellectuals project onto the
> public?
>
> Carrol
>
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