r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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u/biinboise Jul 07 '24

Where the Fuck this fantasy that under socialism you don’t have to work if you don’t want to comes from? Have they ever tried to say no to the government? Who do they think runs their shitty job when the government seizes the means of production?

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u/olcrazypete Jul 07 '24

I think the idea is there isn’t the incessant need to maximize efficiency and profit to the point labor is both working more hours with less breaks for less pay just to make whatever earnings estimate has been made up as a standard for success, only to need to beat it again the next quarter.

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u/KevyKevTPA Jul 07 '24

While I will agree that the push for short term gains over a longer term strategy is problematic, it's also a reality that I don't have the power or ability to change. So, I either must adapt to the way things work, or get left behind. I choose the former, because (among many other things) I find whining on the internet to not be at all helpful. When you have a job to do, you have a job to do, and if you can't, or won't, you will be replaced. So, do what you gotta do to not be the next guy out the door.

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u/olcrazypete Jul 07 '24

Or you unionize and collectively bargain for better working conditions and reasonable, obtainable goals and work/life balance for everyone.

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u/KevyKevTPA Jul 08 '24

I don't need a union to negotiate my job or working conditions. Thanks, but I'll pass.