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[-] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 195 points 4 days ago

IT workers aren't "Tech Bros". Real Tech Bros are usually people with zero knowledge trying to profit from IT workers. They use them to build their scams.

[-] HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago

Just to add to your point, statistically tech workers are disproportionately democrat voters. I'm not sure about higher ups, but it would surprise me if they were disproportionately pro-trump

[-] takeda@lemm.ee 21 points 4 days ago

Not on H1B they not.

(as they can't even vote)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 70 points 4 days ago

H1-B visa holders are essentially indentured servants. If they lose their job, they get deported and then it's back to living 12 to a room in Bangalore.

I'm honestly surprised that Elon isn't just pushing that angle as a positive.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Not just H1-B, nearly all issued work visas are like that.

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

For real, he could live cam their miserable existence and say, "See how these minorities suffer for American profits!"

Then the fireworks go off and an eagle screams. The audience cheers!

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago

“Tech slaves apply here”

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 70 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I wonder when the magards will realize they've been played for the fools they are. It would be funny - and a little bit reassuring - if they massively turned against their racehorse before Jan 20...

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 73 points 4 days ago

The fact that the pendulum could swing so far so fast is an indication of how fucking long and exhausting the next 4 years will be. I'm too old for this shit.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 61 points 4 days ago

Actually it's an indication of how desperate Americans are, or how stupid they are. Because nobody with good prospects in life and a working brain votes for Trump.

Probably a combination of both...

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

It's an indication of both stupidity and also desperation. Remember, this isn't happening just in the US, either. It's occurring worldwide, unfortunately.

[-] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 days ago

I had experience where I nearly fell for a common scam when I was in a desperate situation. At the time, I had no knowledge of that particular scam and was too rushed to find a solution to think critically. Luckily I was too dumb to even be properly scammed before someone who knew was able to stop me, but still.

I can believe the same happened on a mass scale. Desperate people being fed lies on an easy answer echoing each other, not realizing they’re being scammed.

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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

The post-mortem is still being done but there are real issues that voters had that are important that the DNC address.

The numbers seem to indicate voters simply did not turn out, not that voters changed their vote to Trump.

They are also to blame, yes, but the real issue is that the DNC fails to learn the right lesson from election losses. And this one was a doozy. We'll be lucky if we get another election.

If we do, I can guarantee you we'll have another right of center candidate that smiles and nods at workers rights while getting absolutely smashed by corporate interests.

And we'll be here again, begging people to vote for the better of two candidates because this election is more important than the last. All the while Republicans continue to shit out turd candidates.

[-] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 days ago

It's worth remembering that Trump's popularity with voters allowed him to drag the Trump-hating establishment Republican party kicking and screaming into his orbit, and to eventually bend it to his will. It is possible for the same thing to happen with the Democrats, but no similarly compelling candidate has emerged. It'd have to be someone the rank and file voters can unify behind, in a way that can't be ignored by the donor class that runs the party.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

...if they massively turned against their racehorse before Jan 20...

that will never happen. literally the only way for these walking tumors to stop is for them to die. that's why they call them diehards.

our only hope is bird-flu wipes them entirely out when the orange lump claims the cure is injecting drain-o in their rectums.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 53 points 4 days ago

I shouldn't be a hole in the concrete hacked away with a pickaxe ... it's a neatly installed steel door with electronic access

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And they put an explosive collar on you when you go through with your H1-B visa.

[-] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

MAGA crowd are mostly below H1B standards.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 days ago

This cartoon is incomplete. There should be an indication that Elon FIRED the qualified Americans first. The GOP is such a joke. Every dumbass who voted for Trump deserves to lose their job and get replaced by cheap, foreign labor.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

In reality, trump can't do 13 different things associated with this image.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 16 points 4 days ago

Trumpty Dumpty.

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago

Nah Trump is down there with a second hole saying "gardeners and maids apply here", while the wall is "guarded" by a redneck with a MAGA hat.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

the other side is that H1-B visa holders are more vulnerable to the whims of bosses. they will come here and be treated worse because of the threat of losing their work visa and being sent home unless they find another business owner willing to sponsor the legal responsibilities of dealing with H1-B visas.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If it wasn’t likely to bite me so hard in the ass (middle-aged, senior high paid US tech worker), I would be loving the schadenfreude. Instead, some days I can feel the target forming on my back.

[-] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

I decided to career change and get a bachelor's in CS in my mid thirties.. finishing in may. Unsure if I'll even get the privelege of a target

[-] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Paid less, can't shop around for jobs as easily, they love immigrants when they take good paying jobs and turn them into poor paying jobs. Trump wants immigrants. He wants immigrants to take your good paying jobs. He wants you to do the crappy poor person jobs. This is not rocket surgery.

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