Thanks for the comment, but "downcasting" is your interpretation.

Perhaps your response is one of the wider HN group too, in which case let me clarify: I love being someone who does work (in web development and marketing, no less), and I don't see any negative or restricting connotation as a result of using the word "workers." A worker is someone who works, nothing more and nothing less in the context of my comment.

So you're recommending adding sabotage, theft, mutual aid, and "the counter culture" to our skill set?

I'm adding them to my resume right now.