Sarah Smarsh

I think this might go back to culture actually and the way that that relates to class as an identity. So here's the thing. Even if you got in on that gravy, that gravy itself is unto a class and a mode of thinking and a relationship to economy that actually threatens your way of life and your place in your community and your skills. And so what I'm getting at here is like –

I think this might go back to culture actually and the way that that relates to class as an identity. So here's the thing. Even if you got in on that gravy, that gravy itself is unto a class and a mode of thinking and a relationship to economy that actually threatens your way of life and your place in your community and your skills. And so what I'm getting at here is like –

The folks who I know who do manual labor or would identify as members of the working class, even in the service industry and and all sorts of jobs, they're very proud of their work. They aren't actually trying to get out of work. Some of them like to work.

The folks who I know who do manual labor or would identify as members of the working class, even in the service industry and and all sorts of jobs, they're very proud of their work. They aren't actually trying to get out of work. Some of them like to work.

Their identity has to do with that steel, or their identity has to do with that wheat field, or with that hammer, or even with that relationship they have with customers, waiting tables, and so on. So It's like trying to say to a bunch of folks that are looking at everything in a macro way, here on the ground, we're talking about the dignity of our work.

Their identity has to do with that steel, or their identity has to do with that wheat field, or with that hammer, or even with that relationship they have with customers, waiting tables, and so on. So It's like trying to say to a bunch of folks that are looking at everything in a macro way, here on the ground, we're talking about the dignity of our work.

We're also defending our rights and we're trying to get more money and we're trying to get you to back off working us into the ground. But that's not the same thing as saying we actually don't, like our gig and feel very proud of the skills that we have. And by God, we could talk about AI all you want, but for the time being, we need people who have those skills and they know it.

We're also defending our rights and we're trying to get more money and we're trying to get you to back off working us into the ground. But that's not the same thing as saying we actually don't, like our gig and feel very proud of the skills that we have. And by God, we could talk about AI all you want, but for the time being, we need people who have those skills and they know it.

So while I don't think it's a bad idea what you're talking about, I think it's two different realities in terms of a relationship to capital, how you build it, and how you value yourself.

So while I don't think it's a bad idea what you're talking about, I think it's two different realities in terms of a relationship to capital, how you build it, and how you value yourself.

If a worker hands over just like the inherent value of her ability to fix a sink and now she's swimming with the real sharks trying to get ahead, swimming in the gravy, if you will, that's maybe a really precarious way to be because they've already got you beaten every other way. At least they don't know how to fix their sink.

If a worker hands over just like the inherent value of her ability to fix a sink and now she's swimming with the real sharks trying to get ahead, swimming in the gravy, if you will, that's maybe a really precarious way to be because they've already got you beaten every other way. At least they don't know how to fix their sink.

Oh yeah. Like a scandalous percentage of let's say Walmart employees are on food stamps. The scandal, by the way, to be clear, is that Walmart is underpaying its workers, not that anyone needs to seek out assistance. It was my meaning.

Oh yeah. Like a scandalous percentage of let's say Walmart employees are on food stamps. The scandal, by the way, to be clear, is that Walmart is underpaying its workers, not that anyone needs to seek out assistance. It was my meaning.

Well, I think that we can... maybe answer the question by just pinpointing or teasing out who is that government? Who's there? It's mostly pretty well-off folks, affluent folks. A lot of them went to the same Ivy League schools. There has been modest but somewhat heartening and hopeful diversification of Congress and the ranks of government along gender and racial lines.

Well, I think that we can... maybe answer the question by just pinpointing or teasing out who is that government? Who's there? It's mostly pretty well-off folks, affluent folks. A lot of them went to the same Ivy League schools. There has been modest but somewhat heartening and hopeful diversification of Congress and the ranks of government along gender and racial lines.

If you look at class, though, very rare is the lawmaker who has a background with direct experience of poverty or the working class or throw in rural America and you're down to like people you can count on one hand.

If you look at class, though, very rare is the lawmaker who has a background with direct experience of poverty or the working class or throw in rural America and you're down to like people you can count on one hand.

Yeah. I think it was a meat grinder.

Yeah. I think it was a meat grinder.