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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's not instinctive (in general), it's an important element of their "job" besides owning things. They need to know how to defuse or redirect (and then defuse) populist movements.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I mean instinctive because it is not structured the same way that studying dialectical materialism from a Marxist framework would be. You kind of just pick it up by owning shit and being halfway competent at it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I think that you might be impressed by the level of detailed instruction higher-level managers and the like sometimes get in terms of undermining organizing, promoting false consciousness, etc. There are silly franchisees, careless nepo babies, and nouveau riche rentiers who don't get the same level of education on the topic, but I don't think the machine could maintain itself if everyone was like them (even to the degree that it does, as it bleeds slowly to death before our eyes in part because of those incompetent subgroups).

    I agree that, for petty bourgeois people who succeed, there's probably a large element of tacit knowledge and such rather than explicit knowledge (though they too are capable of research).

    Anyway, I just wanted to present some points to consider.

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