no see, peasant revolts and strikes actually work, we’re looking for purely symbolic gestures that merely seem like they might hurt some moral foundation of the ruling class

just like using the divine as a means for criticizing the aristocracy was a fool’s errand since it implicitly accepted their own framework as true, we must also find something equally ineffective that underpins the bourgeoisie’s belief in having earned their place

the myth of productivity and hard work ethic seems like the obvious place to start. every billionaire has a rags to riches story and mythologizes how many sleepless nights they spent building their company up from nothing, working 80 hours weeks while eating ramen and never showering or whatever bullshit