this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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If everyone here, as they claim, is not against work, then why call it anti work? Why not call it anti labour exploitation?
For all the claims made in this post, I see a hundred saying that wage labor is the same as slavery, so this is a bit hard to believe
As someone who is legitimately anti-work I have a real problem with people who just want to change things. We're not getting FALGSC with "work reform" because then there's no reason to fully automate it.
"Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism" for those that want to save the time searching.
What even....?
I just learned the term, but it sounds like the society from Star Trek but everyone is Sulu.
FALGSC isn't going to happen overnight, and work reform is a realistic interim solution.
Arguing for lower hours and more pay to match the massive increases in productivity we've seen over the last 100 years is totally feasible. And a step in the right direction long term.
FALGSC is currently not feasible, and at this rate automation is only making the rich richer
So much this, even if we saw automation replace millions of jobs tomorrow, it would take years for any meaningful shift to support those out of work. On the other hand, even some conservatives are interested in 32 hour work weeks. Baby steps are the most we can realistically hope for.
We're pretty far from being able to automate everything
And we'll stay that way as long as we think people should have jobs
Which is why it's a goal not a demand.
Thank you for getting it
When I dig my garden I am doing work. That obviously entails no wage labour let alone labour exploitation. Why is it hard to belive people might be against wage labour in its present form but not against fulfilling, self directed labour?
Because getting food from your own garden is cute but absurdly unsustainable for 8 billion people in this world?
Like it or not, factories and large companies are the reason that 8 billion people can love on this planet. Granted, said companies can be quite abusive and a lot of rules are still in place allowing this abuse, but we're getting better at it, ymmv per country. Either way, abuse is not as bad today as it was 100 years ago or even 50 years ago. If automation and AI continue their current course, we'll all be working 2-3 day weeks soon as well.
Either way, I get the point, I'm just saying don't swing too far in the other direction either.
Just an example, take caring for my kids or decorating my house or even working out if you don't like that one. What do you mean by "the other direction"?
I'm sorry, I don't understand. You listed child care, and hobbies. What havr those to do with work?
The other direction being this antiwork thing which is highly unrealistic and in reality just a bunch of lazy guys complain about having to actually do work, like everyone else, thinking that somehow magically the world would be so much better if everyone dat on their fat ass
OK so you're just here to strawman and insult. Thanks for outing yourself.
No I said what my average experience here in this sub was, relating to the original post. Yeah, most people here quite literally simply don't want to work, and somehow think that goods and resources come into existence magically or something. So yes, I call them lazy because that's what they are.
If you want to have a serious discussion about work situations needing to improve I'm all for it. I just don't want to have another discussion about "my vegetable garden will sustain me, the entire world should do this"
Also, I quite literally did not understand what you wrote as you listed childcare and hobbies
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