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  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They demand you pretend to be passionate about it. There's a ton of taboos around wage labour. One of them is that you can't be honest about the paycheck being the thing that makes you go to work every day.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      There are so many weird rituals involved in wage labor that I assume exist to smooth over or obfuscate the direct reality of exploitation. Cover letters, dress codes, business cards, having a "go-getter" attitude, I hate all of it. I just want these bourgeois swine to hire me, give me money, and shut up