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FrequentBreezes LinkI played a show with my band on Saturday. We were just the opener at a dive bar show, but it was still a ton of fun. This was our third show but before that I hadn't played out since January 2020....I played a show with my band on Saturday. We were just the opener at a dive bar show, but it was still a ton of fun. This was our third show but before that I hadn't played out since January 2020. It's been great to be up on stage belting out songs again.
I agree with all of this, but I don't think it's just blue-collar workers. In many office jobs, if you aren't management in some capacity (and sometimes even when you are) you aren't given much dignity. Your opinion isn't respected, your pay is low, conditions feel dehumanizing. In most states, employment is at-will. You can be fired for pretty much anything and that's true of white-collar jobs too.
Bouncing from the mediocrity post above, I feel like that's at the heart of it. American workers in general are given very little dignity unless the position is deemed important somehow. There's not much respect paid to the front-line folks who do the front-line work. We saw that all over during the pandemic. So of course most workers don't take any pride in their work or feel invested in their places of employment. Those employers don't care much for them, and they are returning that sentiment.