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shrugs Call me old-fashioned, but I see work as the ultimate form of decency.

• stingraycharles 17y ago
  Call me old-fashioned, but I see work as the ultimate form of decency. Why ?
  • aaronblohowiak 17y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
    • zmoney 17y ago
      A strong work ethic may make a lot of sense if you're primarily working for yourself and your family. The author of the How To Drop Out document seems to be more concerned with the great majority of the public who slaves away to make ends meet while the boss gets richer (often, obscenely richer) -- which is of course inherent in the capitalist system. I would argue that a work ethic under these conditions is not decent at all, and looking at the big picture may even be immoral because the worker is not rewarded proportionally to their work.
    • rikthevik 17y ago
      It's funny the biases you grow up with that you're oblivious to. My family is Danish by background and in my household it was always understood that you had a job. Not paying your way or pulling your weight is the worst thing you can do in my family and I inherited it. I mean, even when I'm on company time I feel guilty spending their money on business expenses. Needless to say, I'm working hard to get over that feeling. :)
    • dschobel 17y ago
      That does explain a lot. I had a coworker at my last job who was appalled that I could quit and not have other work lined up (I just went and bummed around Zurich for the summer). This guy was in his late 30's, single, had a low-level IT job and plainly said that the only reason he gets out of bed in the morning is to come to work (a job which he bitched about endlessly). I could never understand the psychology of it.
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