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Well. There are some jobs that like. Aren't actually real. Instagram influencers for instance. You don't need somebody wiggling their ass or abs at you and telling you their favorite cereal flavor if the goal is just to sell decent cereal instead of inventing a bunch of wierdass subflavors based on marvel characters to try and get people to buy shit they don't actually need for way too much money.
I think it's stupid as much as anyone who's not gen Z, but to claim it's not real because it's not something I can understand is a little boomer-like. Guess we're doing the whole "everything from my childhood is how it should be and the previous/next generations are stupid/misguided if they disagree" shtick.
Agreed. "Influencers" are making money because people are paying them. So it's clearly lucrative for some reason that I'll never understand.
I think their argument is that the job exists because of capitalism and without the driving force of an economy being capital, the role of an influencer is gone.
No its more like. I'm not gonna let capitalism lie to me about whether or not I need five different flavors of cinnamon toast crunch (one of which will specifically target my interests / demographics!) to feel fulfilled.
That's been going on way since the boomers and at least formally since the ww2 generation.
Telling you that you need all of these #options plus an #attractive celebrity to identify with and tell you which flavor to like is waaay older than anyone still alive now.