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Like 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
by akersten 5y ago
Like 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.