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Good, thought provoking article. The precariat -- of which  was mostly a member 
-- can be far more open to Marxism based on our experience and the stress of 
it. A poem I wrote which speaks to that reality:

*P.I.S.S.*

Proletarian. Insecurity Stress Syndrome

It's always with us,

the us who must toil

under the cold watchful eyes

of bosses the

incessant measured march

of the clock the

murmur of the mysterious duplicities

of management.

The chill nervousness

of the scrutinized,

the sick tightness in the knotted gut

when the manager says,

Step into my office.

The tensing of every muscle

as we look into the abyss

of projected rejection destitution the

flashbacks that haunt every hint of trouble

doubling our stress, our insecurity

our blood pressure wearing us down

on this nightmare tightrope above

hard times.

This chronic condition that plagues

our workaday slumber deprived

alienated lives

with no known cure but

the unified resistance of our critical masses

when we're pissed enough to be

done with it

once and for all.


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