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On finding a job. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I can't find a job.
Well I could but there doesn't seem to be any jobs that fit.
Or if there are I can't find them. (But I don't think so)

The biggest problem is that I live in estonia and it seems there really isn't a well-developed anarchist/socialist/syndicalist movement here. The IWW doesn't have a branch and searching online doesn't really yield any results (aside from a couple of socdem groups),

I don't know how to search for a job that isn't just doing menial labour for some company.

I would like to work for a global fully-remote anarchically managed tech syndicate. But I don't think those exist and I imagine starting one is incredibly difficult. (Well starting it wouldn’t be difficult, but finding people capable and willing to work for something like that, while getting enough income, is.)

At the end of the day the means dictate the ends. Looking for a job in a capitalist way is going to land you with a capitalist job. I need to look for a job in a anarchist/socialist/syndicalist way, but how do you do that in an environment where those ideas aren't widespread?

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[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

It's not Estonia, it's the world. I've been running one of these in Finland for 5 years (yeah, with our burn rate), but things just degrade - can't land any jobs now, it seems EU is funneling cash into the wars and all the capitalist thieves benefiting from it (I tried getting into supply chain, after all, there seem to be clear good guys and bad guys - but good guys are behind thieving government wall, so they just can't pay), and US is just jerking off to their king. Trade is dead and something is about to happen, but my cooperative degraded into 2 people now, and maybe some who would return if I can feed everyone when something happens.

I've been doing lots of tech jobs for crypto people, as long as they keep doing liberal things, we kind of align. But they divided between those who can barely pay anything and those who lost last shreds of ethical behavior. Either way, I'm kind of known person in those circles and that does not help.

I tried to find some activists who might be willing to commission some work (as I said, I did some military things, sure there would be socialist liberals who need hardware and have some resources to help me stay afloat and build things), but no luck so far.

So it's some global issue. I'm trying to ground now, get in touch with local community and build something out of it, more gift economy kind of vibe and screw them money if capitalists want to just rob us all. But really I'm as lost as you are, no matter how world class professional I am at what I do. Still, we need to hold onto our connections. My contact is in user profile.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

it seems EU is funnelling cash into the wars

If it’s to provide opposition to Russian aggression, that is something that should be done. I am fully behind opposing fascism and imperialism.

and all the capitalist thieves benefiting from it

This is where the problems ooze out of the woodwork. Too many piggies at the trough, too many politicians linked to those piggies.

Build a tall wall between capitalism and state, like how we are (ideally) supposed to have total separation between religion and state.

And most importantly: start by eliminating all forms of corporate welfare beyond the ma-and-pa level of capitalism. If a company is “too big to fail”, it must, by default, also be too big to be privately owned, and must be nationalized or collectivized, with owners/shareholders seeing 100% loss in their “investment”.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

That is true - by capitalist rules, if someone reduces someone else's risks, they should also reduce their shares/profits. But then there are indirect dividends, so the system is kind of capitalist-sound.

As you might've noticed from my recent activity here, I'm also working on applied political science from unpopular freedom-humanitarian point of view side.

And indeed, there is little worse - from both capitalist and freedom points of view - than corporate wellfare, it kills both economy and people. But it's existence is indeed in local energy minimum, so it's here to stay with us at least until the next big upheaval. (Ironically, if Russia wins, then moves on and barbarians plunge the world into dark ages, that would be an upheaval; hopefully, we'd find better options?)

And the issues you describe are inevitable in current state of capitalism. They seem to be inevitable in any kind of capitalism. And according to my recent findings (I'm sure there were others who came to similar conclusions, so I'll be digging the literature now), it is all inevitable with current laws of universe.

Which we, humans, are quite capable of bending. So the rebellion is bigger then class war or opposition to power, it's rebellion against the world. We are doomed to win, whether for good or for bad.

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