Why Would Anyone Work Under Socialism?

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  @ivanopizzorno6906 · 3 years ago

  They got us so brainwashed to believe we are lazy and its our fault if we arent super successful lol its hilarious and extremely sad.

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  @castleai9551 · 4 years ago

  During my gap year, I thought I'd just take a break and do nothing. That lasted for about a month, but then I felt a genuine urge to be productive. I enrolled on a part-time course and tried various jobs, all on my own terms as I could afford to live for a year without working. People do want to work, but on their own terms, not by coercion.

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  @sig5750 · 4 years ago (edited)

  People have always misinterpreted the need for humans to keep themselves busy and engaged with others with the grueling grind of working an often useless (or easily automated) job. These two things were never the same, but capitalistic rhetoric drummed the wrong definition into our heads. In their eyes not working makes you lazy, even though you could be studying a language, improving a skill or travel the world with the time saved from doing menial chores.

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  @3v1l73ddy · 3 years ago

  As someone who is disabled and currently unable to work or study: yes, not working is hell and the longer you go not doing anything productive the more disconnected you become from those around you and from life itself. People want to work, just not under threat of death.

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  @senjacorn8153 · 3 years ago

  In Australia our previous government during the election claimed unemployment was at an all time low, to achieve this statistic they counted people working more than one job for each job they worked

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  @TheSpeep · 4 years ago (edited)

  As a hobby blacksmith, I feel pretty confident saying that people, even lazy people, will still want to work, even if that work is physically demanding and comes with an inherent risk of bodily harm.<br>Work can be fun, the problem is that a lot of work just sucks nowadays in ways it does not need to.<br><br>Blacksmithing is hard, tricky, exhausting work, and my hands are covered in small scars from cuts, burns and other injuries.<br>I dont make money off it either, I still do it, because I enjoy it.

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  @martianpudding9522 · 4 years ago

  Personally I think the most compelling argument for socialism is that it&apos;s already how we tend to instinctively organize on small scales. For example within a household chores are divided according to each person&apos;s age, time and ability, and usually mostly without any financial incentives. If a friend or family needed urgent help with something like childcare, nursing if they are sick or even housing if they become homeless, we would think of it as a decent thing to do to help them in what way we could, and we wouldn&apos;t make it into a transaction.

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  @deneskun.8587 · 3 years ago

  Fun fact: universal basic income has been tried in many places and it proved that people living with their basic needs met haven&apos;t left the work force. Kurzgesagt made a great video about it.

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  @hebi3102 · 3 years ago

  My Grandpa and Grandma are retired. After about 3 weeks my Grandpa was already working on projects, he finally has time to do what makes him happy, Im proud of him for that. Hopefully in the future happiness from work wont be exclusive to retirement.

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  @CourtneyVarner · 4 years ago

  I spent two years unemployed. The only way I kept semi-sane was building a website, and doing comic, tv show, games, and movie reviews with a set schedule. All while teaching myself visual effects and editing. People want to do &quot;work&quot;, we want to build, create, help others. I could have been a doctor if I would have been able to go to medical school. Not for the money, but because it was something I&apos;m interested in and want to help.

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  @TheGamingSyndrom · 3 years ago

  I live in Europe and used my right to free education to get a pretty good degree, went to a government institution afterwards for work, however there was a 1 year evaluation period between sending my application and them accepting it; during that time i felt absolutly restless and bored out of my mind so i started doing a lot of volunteerwork.<br><br>I&apos;d honestly say if i wouldnt have to work for money, i&apos;d still do my job because i believe it has meaning and purpose for the whole of society. <br><br>I was in the US in 2020 and it honestly shocked me how many people worked in completly hostile work environments, slaving away with the only insentive being the green paper, often not even to have it but to get out of debt or avoid it.

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  @hajde8128 · 3 years ago

  Had a friend whose father grew up as a young adult during Tito&apos;s Yugoslavia. Said he enjoyed a short work week, was able to modestly support himself and still afford a small vacation home in Yugoslavia that he&apos;d sometimes enjoy going to with his friends, and was very discouraged after moving to the US because of the war in the 90s and saw he has to work more and despite this, his former lifestyle is no longer feasible.

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