I have no idea if this is a true story, but i definitely hope it is. Unfortunately, as with most American cultural products, eventually Europe starts to import them (as we did with American culture war bullshit), and this toxic “hustle culture” is now slowly also becoming more normalized in some places in Europe, particularly in Germany. It’s definitely not the norm as it is in the US, and for the time being we still have laws against it (though with Blackrock Merz in charge who knows for how long…), but i am seeing signs of it popping up more and more.
The vestiges of concessions afforded to Western proleteriat following the October revolution:
https://redsails.org/concessions/
Every westerner who privilege from their domestic welfare state and labour laws have the USSR to thank.
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Just saw @PolandIsAStateOfMind comment. I’ll leave the comment here for Malone’s awesome article.
And now those laws and social safety nets are slowly being stripped away.