• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    I have a problem with the willingly in this thought.

    The issue is that people are pretty unwilling to be homeless or starve if there’s an alternative (no matter how terrible).

    Working is the worst way to prevent yourself from starvation and homelessness except for all of the others.

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      But we don’t need to accept a dictatorship to work. We should be working towards democratizing the workplace, forming unions, and creating worker owned businesses.

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          Yep. We have to deal with it for now, but we shouldn’t accept it as the way I has to be. People should be going to their work and speaking with their coworkers about unions and other options. We’re all in this together against the owners. They try to turn us against each other.

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      The issue is that people are pretty unwilling to be homeless or starve if there’s an alternative (no matter how terrible).

      Maybe I’m misunderstanding you but I’ve been homeless before and I don’t think it’s an “issue” that I don’t want to go back to that.

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        It’s not an issue, that’s just an effect of the sarcastic phrasing. There’s kind of an embedded notion within the original thought that people actually do this by choice. I think most work in dictatorial companies because there’s really no other choice except destitution.

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          Thanks, that’s what I figured since my experience has been have a job or be homeless and it really is my ass onto the street as soon as there is only small unemployment checks.