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How come people want to work? (literature.cafe)
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[โ€“] 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I don't want to work in order to survive but I want to be productive and keep my mind and body sharp while also contributing to the community. I like my job and while it seems mundane, it keeps me busy, gives me routine, gives my brain problems to solve, and is sometimes the most socializing I get. I just hate that I have to be afraid to lose my job or end up hungry or homeless because of it.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I just hate that I have to be afraid to lose my job or end up hungry or homeless because of it.

    it's not an accident that you've come to see it this way; controlled dissent and manufactured fear are effective ways at keeping a population under control.

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's why I'm a communist, but most people are afraid of that term. I would settle for really good socialism in my lifetime though.

    I hate being stuck as a wage slave creating wealth for the people standing on my shoulders, but I like to work and I like my job, it's a strange place to exist.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago

    same here; except i'm not a marxist (yet) and i've traded in my labor aristocracy slave status for a non-profit driven workplace that comes with union protections.

    watching my union get their collective ass handed to them by starbucks; and others; makes it's clear that union protection doesn't mean much, but it's the best i think i can get in this country.

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