[lbo-talk] some thoughts on the "precariat"

[lasko]

On 1/13/12 4:35 PM, Sean Andrews wrote:
> Buying into the notion that our precariousness - anyone's precariousness -
> is due to technology is lazy and accommodates the neoliberal project we
> should be fighting against.

Precarity is not "due to" technology, technology can be 
precarity-enhancing, as an accelerant - which is a different thing than 
a veneer (not to disparage veneers).

All of which is a separate issue from the reification of precarity into 
the Precariat.