argumate: argumate:kontextmaschine:argumate: shhh this is an attempt to drum up more jobs for mi
argumate: argumate: kontextmaschine: argumate: shhh this is an attempt to drum up more jobs for millennials Between the urban housing and career markets I’m a little surprised live-in servants haven’t come back yet. If we’re returning to non-golden age, “standard” 10% bourgeois modernity that wouldn’t be unusual. The “maid’s room” in a NYC prewar Classic Six was called that because it was the maid’s room. Enough give in the system to let the interns and personal assistants still rent in the outskirts and commute in? ‘50s appliances were directly aimed at obviating some physical roles (washerwoman, cleaner, fire-tending cook, door-and-phone answerer) and the app economy distributed others (porter, driver)? The ethnic distinction with Latinos dominating menial house-service lately doesn’t entirely account for it, the US had traditions of othered black and “Bridget” Irish live-in maids before I wonder about that. Cultural change, perhaps? The alienation from traditional feudal norms? We’d rather have a faceless app economy take care of our needs than have to get all rights and responsibilities with a specific individual. venture capital’s attempt to obscure the class relation, soothing both sides. For upper middle class workers, the big class struggle in life is work/life balance. Having a live in servant necessarily blurs that balance, removes professionalism from the equation. For those hiring, this feels like a bigger imposition because it’s attacking what they see as the most important thing. For those being hired, lacking this is unappealing for employees that aspire to be more professional class and there isn’t enough daily work to make it feel hardworking for those who don’t. -- source link
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