You're honestly too smart for this, you know better than to be taken advantage of.
If you feel discontented in life, consider that the culprit may not be who, or what, you think it is.
For hundreds of years, better books have existed; resources that can help explain what the struggle is and why we face it. It's not an issue of race or nationality, nor one of sexual orientation. It's one of class.
We allow democracy to (nominally) dominate our political sphere. Why not let democracy dominate the workplace?