this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[–] RupeThereItIs@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (12 children)

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.

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Working for your own reasons is fundamentally different than laboring and having part of what you produce taken from you by an employer

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)

You can work for your own reasons right now. But you don't have the right to just grab any piece of land and confiscate it for your own use. There are too many of us for that.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

But then you're gonna have to pay taxes to fund the military industry regardless. But at least you get more than the crumbs of your work

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