As a metalworker by trade, my most gut-wrenching revelation was realizing that I could NEVER afford the cost of my own work. I am an artisan who could never afford their own work. Fuck, that hurts to say aloud. There are many experiences that have radicalized me within this society, but this... This is one of the most profoundly radicalizing ones...

And the fact that laborers should own the means of production is seen as radical is just... It speaks volumes of our society.