People acting like slavery was a thing of the past 🤣
The slavers figured out it was easier to make you an economic slave rather than a literal one. They still get the majority of the profit and they are not responsible for your health, lodging, or anything else.
Also, there are more actual.slaves today than at anytime in history.
And the health"care" insurance, dont forget that!
Yeah, this is a big one in the US. I lost my job in May. The COBRA continuation of coverage costs over $2000 per month to maintain my previous health insurance and around $700 more for dental/vision. It’s insane.
“Anyone can get a better job” /= “everyone can get a better job.”
“freedom to work” is actually “freedom to starve yourself”
Choice always exists but change is scary.
Not in this economy
Also, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side… sometimes it’s just spray painted. Then you get over there and its just as bad if not worse.
And sometimes it’s one of the most amazing things that you can actually do
And that’s the problem you never know. But you can always change again.
You’re implying that there is always employment choice which is untrue. I guess you could choose to be unhoused without medical care and food.
So, first, food is plentiful. No one starves in the usa. Not even the homeless.
Being homeless was much better than working at, say, Burger King or Walmart. At least it was for me.
Please read the above comment. Let’s not lose track of the fact that anyone who needs a salary to support themselves is working class. The main point is mobilize against the billionaires. Anything else is wasted time.
Get a job? Why don’t I strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off into Jobland, where jobs grow on jobbies
When people ask why you don’t just leave your terrible relationship…
You have to be in a relationship to live?
When you live in a capitalist society and cannot support your needs alone in order to live? Yes
I don’t choose to live in a disabled body that needs tens of thousands of dollars on medicine a month to live, but here I am, a completely unsustainable human who needs others to survive
Sorry, I thought you meant a romantic relationship, not your relationship with the rest of your community.
You can work at any soul-crushing job you like, assuming you are willing to submit yourself to the nightmare machine of corporate hiring every time you want to change companies.
ehhh i have had plenty of jobs i fucking hated, the good news is you can look for a new job and enjoy an entirely fresh new hell!
The people who make this kind of argument are the same kind of people who will say that God gives you free will, even though you’ll literally be eternally tortured for doing things that God doesn’t want you to do. Some people have a real interesting idea of what “being forced” consists of lol
there are other jobs dude. sure, i get you don’t want to take the risk of changing them, but if you have a job already, it’s actually way easier to get another one, than if you are unemployed.
and not all jobs are the same. different companies have different policies and procedures and cultures. and sometimes you ahve to take paycut to get into a company that has a better quality of life or benefits.
it’s funny to me. my income is lower than people expect, but i love my job because my company has great benefits and the culture is very easy going. But people typically only look at the income and refuse to look any deeper, and they wonder why they are at companies that are interested only in the bottom line… well because you are too.
Personally I don’t really care anymore about people whining about their jobs. It’s your life, your choice to be miserable. And these people, when presented with alternatives, always systematically deny any alternative in possible… it’s almost as if they refuse to make an effort and expect things to me magically handed to them… and no I’m not at all speaking from experience with partners and friends who were like this…
People really don’t get this. You can’t just leave.
https://www.nber.org/reporter/2024number1/monopsony-power-labor-markets
Hot take: this also applies to military servicemen and women. Lemmy loves to shit on them, but some people make the best of the draw in life in the military. I know a young airman who was spit on and called a baby killer while he was having lunch in public (wearing fatigues). He’s never been in combat, and his position in life is drastically improved from military training and benefits.
The person spitting didn’t know the young airman only helped kill babies, he didn’t push the last button himself… what a dunce.
He flies cargo planes stateside, so you’re proving my point
Of course, he’s super far removed and not supporting it at all. Your point is perfectly clear indeed.
So you are in the “no one is forcing you to stay in that job” camp?
Healthcare plays a big part. If we had socialized medicine people would feel much more comfortable moving jobs.
When I was unemployed, healthcare was free. When I took a quick min wage job to pay rent, healthcare ate like 30% of my paycheck.
Decided to just… Not have healthcare for a while until I could get back on my feet.
Slavery never went away in 'Murica
It was just re-branded
and in canada we copy homework from the states a lot. just the wrong answers.
