Honestly what wrecks me is these research studies are always like an evil mirror image of a Really Important Point we need proof for.

Heaps of Autistic people are living in poverty in capitalist society, now, & a big reason why?

We can& #39;t be bribed. The darn integrity.
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Let me first say, contrary to that study about deficits/ over-thinking:

This isn& #39;t a failure of character, personality, willpower, social development, or anything else.
This isn& #39;t a lack of social cognition or debatably even self preservation.

This is a world unsuited for us.
Autistics often have trouble finding well-paying jobs bc we don& #39;t want to do work that hurts people. Can& #39;t make ourselves.

Many of us as are extra limited in capitalism bc we can& #39;t hurt animals/the environment either.

Most of the economy relies on exploiting people/ the planet.
Most of the economy™ relies on shallow lies, biased manipulation of information for profit, wage theft, and yes - straight-up bribery.
"We& #39;ll give you money & social capital if you do the economy™& #39;s dirty work"

And we& #39;re in awe growing up watching NTs just....Take that deal!
We grow up shocked/numbed to/fascinated by the lies people will tell for money, the families people will evict onto the street for money, the guards that will beat the f out of people for money, the dangerous products on the shelves for money -- this is all contrary to our nature
And yes, all Autistics are different and have different privileges and experiences of capitalism ! That& #39;s important.

There are absolutely exceptions to all of this, normally quite rich, white, cis, male exceptions.

They cause the rest of us harm by their cruelty.
But I can& #39;t take a job where my work will cause harm. I can& #39;t cancel someone& #39;s insurance benefits, or tell someone they don& #39;t deserve housing bc they don& #39;t have the credit. I can& #39;t watch my boss steal tips. I can& #39;t work for a company that I know uses sweatshops or prison labour.
Non-autistics reading this may think I mean I don& #39;t *Want* to do these jobs. But I genuinely cannot. I *Can& #39;t* let that stuff slide, even if I try.
Believe me, I& #39;ve tried. My brain and body shut down on me, I panic, I lash out at the system, I quit or get fired.
I lost a job I was great at as a Court Reporter a few years back bc I simply couldn& #39;t stay quiet when men who weild unfathomable systemic power over masses of people said horrible dangerous things.

I stopped bothering to try to work in fields where this was bound to happen.
Workers are expected to be good soldiers for their company and the economy™.

Autistics have something blocking us from being those good soldiers - integrity/ strong resistance to being bribed into causing harm.

So far in modern capitalism, here& #39;s where that leaves us;
>80% of diagnosed Autistics in each #Canada, the US, and the UK are unemployed, and it& #39;s not because we aren& #39;t good enough at anything to hire.

It& #39;s also obv not Entirely bc we can& #39;t be bribed -other disabilities/chronic illnesses/institutional bias +much more other factors,
But the fact that Autistics aren& #39;t susceptible to social and monetary manipulation absolutely does effect us in our every-day lives and career paths.

NOT because there& #39;s something wrong with us, just because the system we& #39;re forced to live in is a giant corrupt disaster!
This study could have been an admonishment of capitalism and it& #39;s sway over the "typical" worker.

Instead it declared that the folks unwilling to go along with the exploitative system are lacking strength.

I assure you. It& #39;s taken all my strength to survive you monsters.
I& #39;m exhausted that #ActuallyAutistic folks have to keep tearing these gross studies apart because of how they hurt autistic people,

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Also I don& #39;t consider any things I said about myself or #actuallyautistic folks in general in this thread to be negative! ^

The economy™ bribing folks to cause harm is pretty f& #39;d up though. Especially now that I know non-autistics have less natural defence to that manipulation.
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