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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

‘Do something you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’.

I’ll bet there are things you love to do that would have value to others in society, even if you wouldn’t consider that a ‘job’ or ‘work’.

That’s kind of my point. If our society weren’t so broken, you could contribute without having to do what we currently consider ‘work’.

e : this sounded wrong, sorry. I meant if we could let go of capitalism, this is how things should work. We can’t have nice things, though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Right, but you’re still assuming a capitalist society. Without that cutthroat marketplace and the need to compete, it wouldn’t necessarily be like that.

    It’s really hard to imagine, I know – and especially because I get it, I have a very niche hobby (period corset making and couture tailoring) that I could potentially make a lot of money doing but when I tried, it sucked all the enjoyment out of it to the point I had to stop for a few years.

    I’m talking about doing what you’re good at without the backdrop of a capitalist system that sucks you for every drop of blood you have.

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