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Nope. The role of executives at large companies is to most effectively move resources away from labor and towards the owners of capital. They decide where to op
by coldpie 4y ago
Nope. The role of executives at large companies is to most effectively move resources away from labor and towards the owners of capital. They decide where to open the next branch to crush competitors who treat their workers and customers better; they negotiate deals with suppliers so those suppliers and their workers have fewer resources; they coordinate with other large competitors to hamper workers' attempts at improving labor conditions.
This, to me, doesn't qualify as work. Large company executives create no value. They only take and store value from those who actually perform real work.
- umeshunni 4y agoThis is HN, not /r/antiwork. Back to Reddit, you go, troll.
- coldpie 4y agoAcknowledging the relationship between capital and labor is not an antiwork sentiment.
- sebzim4500 4y agoThat sounds like a lot of work to me. Whether it is good for society is an entirely separate question.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoyou're conflating work and, uh, "activity", so you're just talking past the OP instead of understanding them. a common usage definition of work being used here is in terms of creating "use value". the ceo's activities do not. they do generate profit for ownership though. which is not the same thing as "use value" and serves a different purpose in society. this is basic analysis, not a judgment.