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We're all slaves man.
by tictoc 7y ago
We're all slaves man.
- bluntfang 7y agoYeah I get the sarcasm, but I really don't understand people who accept capitalism and also accept that their hard work is worth more than what they receive in compensation. Like, shouldn't they be upset and trying to find a way to twist the system for their benefit, just like the people using them?
- tictoc 7y agoI don't think most people have the mental bandwidth to balance rotting away in an 8 hour job, managing family life, and having some semblance of self esteem just to add on how to escape. I think the pressure release of the weekend is the only satisfaction people can afford due to the momentum of work completely eroding their concept of life. There are plenty of people who do though I imagine.
- bluntfang 7y agoI have peers who are DINKs who have openly embraced the idea of capitalism as a good thing. Yet they toil for someone else all day not getting paid for their output.
- ako 7y agoCapitalism isn’t about value of work: you aren’t paid for what you deliver. Free markets are about supply and demand: is someone else willing to deliver the same value for a lower cost. We are all consumers behaving like this, looking for the best deals on products. Don’t expect employers to behave differently.
- bluntfang 7y agowhy did you transition from capitalism to free markets? I'm not sure I believe they are the same thing or are required to coexist in the same system.
- ako 7y agoFair point, they are not the same. Reason to do this is because the parent mentioned not being awarded according to value, it seems to me his core problem is with the free market system, not so much with capitalism as a tool to organize power and politics.