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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I knew as a child, i hated working and didn't want to do it.

Come to find out as an adult, everyone is a slave to corporations who overcharge us and underpay us. It's all rigged against the working class. So glad i didn't waste more money on college for a job i couldn't get.

[–] espurr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

All animals need to work for food

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I have a cat who lays down and uses her paw to pull dry food out of her bowl one at a time and eats them off the floor. Is that work?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 3 weeks ago

Your description alone is exhausting

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[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

Unless you assume people will work out of goodness of their hearts, every system has to somehow coerce people to work. You can't fulfill everyone's basic needs without workers.

And yes, maybe people would do some types of work anyway, but good luck finding people who find working in sanitation as an interesting hobby.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

So you are in favor of keeping an underclass of people that you can threaten with death to force them to work?

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[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

how would that be different without capitalism?

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