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Antiwork/Work Reform

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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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Date Created: June 15, 2023

Date Updated: July 17, 2023

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

They do a lot to make not working less appealing, specifically as an employee. Absolutely no fruit trees allowed in public. Its illegal to exist outside long term. Lots of address requirements. Its illegal to sell a lot of homemade things(in my state at least you can only sell food if it was not prepared whatsoever. I can sell you a tomato i grew, but if i try to sell you tomato soup thats illegal), and its illegal to exist outside to sell.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be careful. You make too much sense!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Because muh economy. Capitalism will always "push the bill" on what they can do. shite gov doesn't/wouldn't keep up with regulations to aide the working class.

My question is what's the point in eternal growth? Why would one cut employees but boost executives? Money corrupts? Or is it them "getting theirs"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I hate that term “eternal growth” and similar phrases, because it makes it seem like society as a whole grows eternally. It’s just larger increments for the ruling class. That’s it. The general public gets fucked for the ruling class.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

capitalism has always carried the implied threat of starvation for those unable or unwilling to labor in order to enrich the capital owning class.

this sort of vapid whitewashing/revisionism is just 'maga' for neoliberals, and is entirely devoid of substance.

show me a period of prosperity under capitalism and I'll show you a marginalized population subjugated.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There used to be a counter to the "stick" of starvation, which was the "carrot" of comfort.

The need to eat isn't some human invention and we can't fault capitalism for that. We can complain that food should be distributed to the poor but there are many more needs that must be addressed for life. We can also complain that capitalism has expanded so far that living outside of it is no longer possible. What we cannot do is blame capitalism for the existence of human needs.

Calling the posted image "vapid whitewashing" ignores the nature of reality and suggests a failure to adequately consider and understand the real nature of the human condition. Calling it MAGA for neoliberals is straight up stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Because we live in a society where we literally need currency to survive. We pay to live and live to work to give our production to billionaires.

More unions is a step closer to being able to general strike.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It has become a gatcha game, you put time in and you might get something worthwhile out of it, or you might get more poverty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We did it, Red…er, Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lol you guys aren't even getting karma for that, is it just from an old habit?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmy does have karma

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

There is karma, wefwef.app has it for example. And I'm not doing it for karma, I'm just very bored. Idk why he commented under this post though, maybe he was testing smth.

Edit: I wanted to delete our comments but it seems that I can't delete comments that were made by an admin. And there I wanted to do a small power trip lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

no it's just funny, there isn't even a total score in profiles

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