The same day I quit the retail job someone told me that they thought doing online sex work is "exploiting myself." The work isn't exploitative, especially when compared with these low-wage positions where they overwork and mistreat employees.
https://www.businessinsider.com/great-resignation-teacher-onlyfans-bbw-model-money-jobs-work-careers-2022-1
Yugopnik said in a Deprogram episode that he thinks looking at and judging labor hierarchically based on how difficult it is or it’s importance is a really entitled and ungrateful way to view labor which is varied in its forms and usefulnesses and I tend to agree. Seems like a very capitalism brained way of seeing things, I just can’t find it to give a shit what others are making as long as both our needs are met and we’re happy.
Obv there’s something to be said for extreme outliers of contributions to society but that argument always just assumes too much of the way we do things now is a natural order to me
Yeah I didn't quite know how to phrase how I meant and thought I might have sounded like I was looking down on sex workers and taxi drivers. I don't like discouraging barriers from doing certain jobs. Surely there's something to be said about capitalism currently discouraging people from becoming teachers.
Nah i think you did a good job, I wasn’t really commenting on your take itself as much as expanding on it with something that was on my mind recently
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Oh ok! Yeah I get worried about being rude or dismissive constantly. Thank you
Completely agree. Love thia take.