one theory of why tech oligarchs have suddenly become so brutal is because tech workers did begin to organize, on behalf of themselves, on behalf of “woke” causes post-George-Floyd, during 2020 when they were heavily in demand. 1/

oligarchs couldn’t afford to strike back in that moment, but they gathered up their resentment and have been systematically, strategically, crushing any dissidence in their workforce since 2022. 2/

this has included targeted, illegal-but-🤷‍♂️ zero tolerance of labor organizing and “troublemakers”, and blanket, random mass layoffs to make workers at these incredible prosperous firms understand they are expendable. /fin