>Why do so many leftists believe cultural progressivism is incompatible with capitalism?because capitalism is effectively just private sector authoritarianism. under a capitalist system you don't have any rights at work, you don't have any kind of leverage at work, you have bosses and they have bosses and there's a whole chain of command all the way up to the owners/ceos and they are all completely unaccountable and you must do what they say at all times, the place you work in and the computers and the software and the tools and the machinery and the office chairs and the file cabinets and the red swingline staplers and all the other things you use for your work are all company property and you don't control any of it, the company knows who their competitors are and what options you have for other sources of employment at any given time, they know exactly what options they have when it comes to replacing you at any given time, they know exactly how much you earn after taxes and what kind of house you live in and what kind of car you drive, they know you have a mortgage and a car loan and bills and expenses and maybe even a few kids at home who are depending on you for everything, they know how precarious your position is and how disastrous it would be for you to lose your job and how sickeningly terrified you are of that eventuality, they know exactly how much wiggle room they have with what few flimsy legal protections you do have, they know that are just a person and you don't have a legal department like they do and you don't have the time or the money to hire lawyers and file lawsuits and spend years of your life arguing in courtrooms, they know that even if you did sue them and win that you would effectively be blacklisted from any future employment in your career field and no company would ever hire you again, and they know that you know all of this too. and this is where you spend most of your waking hours, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm monday through friday and maybe weekends too, this is the bulk of your life and the time you have to yourself after work you are physically or mentally exhausted and you don't have the energy to do much else but eat dinner and have a few drinks and watch tv or play videogames, and all of the money you earn that doesn't toward paying your loans and your bills or putting away in your savings you spend on buying things you need, or things you don't need, from a handful of other unaccountable
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