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If you are tired of making someone else rich, you could start your own business. But that’s a lot of work, and as someone who is anti-work, I don’t think that’s
by seibelj 5y ago
If you are tired of making someone else rich, you could start your own business. But that’s a lot of work, and as someone who is anti-work, I don’t think that’s possible for you and your comrades. But the option is there!
- akersten 5y agoLike all movements, there's more to it than just the name - don't take it too literally: working for myself is the ultimate goal! And if I ever do find success enough to require employees, I could never imagine asking them to spend 71% of their week thinking about me and my problems. Maybe it's easy to daydream egalitarian - but I think we as a society can do better for each other.
- seibelj 5y agoA perusal of that subreddit is full of a lot of anti-capitalist propaganda and some obvious logical fallacies. I don’t think consuming that subreddit is very healthy or productive.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoMany of us work 40 hours in 5 days. There are 168 hours in a week. That's 24% of the week, not 71%.
- prawn 5y agoI assume they're excluding sleep, which isn't unreasonable in this discussion.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoStill no. 8 hours of sleep a day leaves you 16 hours a day, so 112 hours a week. 40 hours is 36% of 112. And, yeah, you could throw in commute time and get a higher percentage. It still wouldn't get you 71%, though. What skersten did is 5/7 = 71%, as if any day you work on is totally lost to you for any other purpose.
- benbayard 5y agoIt’s not just hard, it’s unlikely to be successful because of how rare successful businesses happen. Working 4 days a week at a stable successful company isn’t the same as starting a new business so that eventually you can work 4 days a week.
- seibelj 5y agoWhelp that settles it - absolutely nothing you can do in life but be miserable until you die.
- IntelMiner 5y agoYou aren't unhappy that someone else doesn't like working, you hate your job and have been trained to think that someone "wants it easier" and thus are a threat Punch UP, not DOWN
- seibelj 5y agoI believe using guns to force everyone to make the same salary would lead to economic ruin, as it has everywhere it’s ever been tried. If you allow differences in wealth, then some will accumulate more. Over time, these differences become pronounced. Those with wealth identify new areas to expand their enterprises. They wish to hire the best employees. The employees they consider the best get paid more. And the cycle continues. Your dream of doing nothing for money is unsustainable. I have nothing against free people choosing to work less, and free people choosing to hire part timers. Just don’t stop people from working harder and getting more than you.
- disposablex 5y agoisn't it already pronounced?
- overkalix 5y agoI guess you work in farming? Because that's a whole lot of straw men you got up there.