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

lasko lascaux at riseup.net
Fri Jan 13 15:19:02 PST 2012


I remember finding useful the genealogy of precarity offered here:

http://precariousunderstanding.blogsome.com/2006/12/29/whose-precarity-is-it-anyway/

It seemed much more to be about service workers, although there were attempts to make alliances with techies.

On 1/13/12 5:15 PM, lasko wrote:
> 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.
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