• ytsedude@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I disagree. I think labor is a good thing, and I use that term to encapsulate any sort of occupation. A person who doesn’t have some sort of fulfilling labor is missing a big part of life. There’s so much pride and fulfilling that can come from working hard.

    The problem is that, currently, laborers are not fairly compensated for their work, and it’s increasingly difficult for someone to just live without working beyond their limits. And so labor is no longer a small part of a fulfilling life but a perpetual cage for an exploitated husk of a person.

    In my opinion, freedom is equity and justice, not a life of pure leisure…

    • whatisallthis@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I agree with this except for my admittedly radical opinion that anything you need to live should not be tied to work.

      Food, clothes, shelter, healthcare. The bare minimum of those categories should be free. I’m talking like prison quality. You should not have to earn the right to live.

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      Yes! I love my work, even though most people hate retail. I’m in a grocery store deli, and getting people food they like and them coming back saying I offered good recommendations just makes my day!

      I’m the manager, and even I still struggle a bit with money at times, all the while trying to save for a house. Not easy out here, but certainly wouldn’t want to stop working.

    • FalscherFuchs@feddit.deOP
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      1 year ago

      I see it the exact same way. i take very much pride in my simple, yet important work and see it as my contribution to society. that’s what i want to do and that’s what i would still do even if i didn’t have to. that’s exactly what i meant by ‘following your dreams’ because i believe people want to ‘work’, to strive for something and work towards it. i thouht labor would be the definition of a job that you do to get by. most people would prefer to do a more useful job than they do now.