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Society is Limited by Wage Slavery (slrpnk.net)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 149 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I know someone like that who cannot keep a job because of autism and health issues. Luckily she lives in a functioning country and gets state support including money and guidance. She is the regional pet/pony/alpaca carer and her house is always filled with animals from people on holiday or sick animals from people with full time jobs. She also notifies all the local farmers if one of their animals has an issue.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    That's awesome! And I can entirely relate but my ADHD / autism isn't so bad I can't keep a job, but now with hindsight if could choose career path again I would leave the tech world of computers to work with animals. Instead I keep working in tech to afford filling my house with animals (at least as I work remotely I can spend a lot of time with them). Dogs, cats, fish, snakes, amphibians, parrots, ...

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I hear there's 80% unemployment for we Autistics.

    So much for the idea that the Nazis tried to make more autistic people because we're better workers.

    Maybe in a different world, accepting of our different ways outside a very narrow conformity, it could be so. Irony. Heh.

    So far, since self diagnosis, and formal diagnosis, I've mostly had abuse, rather than support. This functioning country stuff sounds very appealing.

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