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I agree to an extent but a person in North Korea would say they get to decide how brainwashed they are. Everything's relative. As a nation, the US has abysmal

by prng2021 4y ago

I agree to an extent but a person in North Korea would say they get to decide how brainwashed they are. Everything's relative. As a nation, the US has abysmal parental leave and vacation policies compared to others. By numerous metrics, we do work too much. Similarly, the US is the poster child of capitism and we do buy tons of things relative to other nations.

rufus_foreman 4y ago
>> a person in North Korea would say they get to decide how brainwashed they are. Nope. If a person in North Korea said they were brainwashed they would be executed at dawn. Sounds like you've been brainwashed. That's OK, they don't kill you for it here. >> As a nation, the US has abysmal parental leave and vacation policies It most certainly does not, if you don't want to work, don't work. Just don't make it my fucking problem that you don't work and we'll get along just fine.
- prng2021 4y ago
  It sounds like you might not be a native English speaker so let me explain it more clearly. You said that others can't tell you that you work too hard. You decide if you work too hard. If you lived in North Korea and I told you that you're brainwashed, you would probably tell me that you decide if you're brainwashed. You would certainly also tell me that you are not brainwashed. No one in North Korea would say they're brainwashed. My point is that actual data is more useful to compare work cultures between countries than a citizen's perception. Next, I mentioned the US has abysmal parental leave and vacation policies. Policies here refers to official government laws/regulations that would enforce a right to take time off. The US doesn't have a minimum vacation policy and is the only industrialized nation to not have one. What you mentioned about not going to work is not a government policy. It's just a personal decision.
  - rufus_foreman 4y ago
    If you work a shit job in America, you get shit wages and shit benefits. Don't do that.

rufus_foreman 4y ago

>> a person in North Korea would say they get to decide how brainwashed they are. Nope. If a person in North Korea said they were brainwashed they would be executed at dawn. Sounds like you've been brainwashed. That's OK, they don't kill you for it here. >> As a nation, the US has abysmal parental leave and vacation policies It most certainly does not, if you don't want to work, don't work. Just don't make it my fucking problem that you don't work and we'll get along just fine.

prng2021 4y ago
It sounds like you might not be a native English speaker so let me explain it more clearly. You said that others can't tell you that you work too hard. You decide if you work too hard. If you lived in North Korea and I told you that you're brainwashed, you would probably tell me that you decide if you're brainwashed. You would certainly also tell me that you are not brainwashed. No one in North Korea would say they're brainwashed. My point is that actual data is more useful to compare work cultures between countries than a citizen's perception. Next, I mentioned the US has abysmal parental leave and vacation policies. Policies here refers to official government laws/regulations that would enforce a right to take time off. The US doesn't have a minimum vacation policy and is the only industrialized nation to not have one. What you mentioned about not going to work is not a government policy. It's just a personal decision.
- rufus_foreman 4y ago
  If you work a shit job in America, you get shit wages and shit benefits. Don't do that.