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  • My dude, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. That’s me in fact.

    Even if I had a contract it wouldn’t matter as I live in a right to work state, they can fire me at any point without warning or cause.

    Having any real employment contract is NOT the norm here.

    Non office jobs are more likely to be unionized and this have a contract than office jobs.

    That’s the type of thing non W2 self employed contractors or union members might have to lean back on, not rank and file full time office employees.







  • RupeThereItIs@lemmy.worldtoAntiwork@lemmy.mlI sure as hell don't.
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    1 year ago

    You’d still have to work for your living in said scenario.

    Nobody is gonna bring you chicken tendies three times a day in your hidden cottage.

    Uncontacted hunter gathered tribes work, it’s right there in the description. Not 40 hours a week, sure, but you can live a much simpler lifestyle in the wilderness on a similar work ethic.

    Labor is an intrinsic requirement of human life.


  • IDK let’s see.

    Other countries finally starting to pull out of the rubble of ww2.

    The massive influx of the baby boomers into the workforce devaluing labor. Couple this with boomer women demanding jobs instead of being house wives, further adding to supply of available labor.

    Come 1980 we add in trickle down economics which encourages the hoarding of wealth.

    Then there’s computerization, automation and globalization that have been rapidly bringing up per capital productivity. Weirdly this devalues labor, because you need fewer people.

    That’s just off the top of my head.

    Unions are important and can be a force for good, but the data doesn’t fully support the claim.

    Simple solutions to complex problems are usually being sold as a way to manipulate people… Don’t buy in to simple solutions.