this is FINE I'm FINE I didn't specifically focus on diplomacy and modern history and post-Soviet politics to then enter a completely frozen job market and be lucky to get an unrelated admin job and now all this is happening
the frozen job market ensured so many skilled people who could stop the world's descent into hellhole were forced to be shoved into positions from which they cannot affect things.
I'm not hubristic enough to believe I could have stopped anything, I'm one bitch against the forces of empire unfortunately, but it does suck so fucking much.
The Paranoid Style In American Politics by Richard Hofstader
Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social
One Long Night by @andreapitzer.bsky.social
The Shock Doctrine AND Doppleganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Blessed Is The Flame by Serafinski
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If it makes you feel better your field isn’t the only one that’s dead now. Science. Higher education. mRNA research. All Federal government jobs. Many other fields have kicked the bucket in the last few months.
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no shut the fuck up my degree is in international relations not in being an imperial oracle
money and a need to maintain a certain political/economic aesthetic. you're welcome.
The Paranoid Style In American Politics by Richard Hofstader
Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social
One Long Night by @andreapitzer.bsky.social
The Shock Doctrine AND Doppleganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Blessed Is The Flame by Serafinski
Desert by anonymous