Spurred from this post about The Office where I saw some back-and-forth about potential occupation-shaming(?), like why are people getting heated over being able to work?
I understand there's mental health, physical disability, learning disability, or just general lack of opportunity for some people or situations, but shouldn't everyone's drive be to contribute to society as a byproduct of participating in it?
Yeah, capitalism is fucked up, but at the end of the day, shouldn't everyone be motivated to contribute something back to earn their keep? Or can we just say "fuck it" and get mad at people who shame us for choosing not to submit to the 9 to 5?
Anyone have some non-Cold War insights into “social parasitism” in the USSR? Was it a thing? I’ve read about a few artists being charged with it, only to leave the USSR and be embraced for their infinite genius by the accepting capitalist nations and given Nobels and shit. But I’ve never seen sources from the USSR about it.
Edit: to answer the post, I hope that somewhere in a transition to socialism, people’s relationship to “work” will be vastly different when it isn’t a matter of exploitation for profit.