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?
Find him a productive hobby. Right before covid really blew up I quit a job that was absolutely destroying me mentally, I was like that for about a month but then made a hobby of clearing fallen branches and dead trees from the woods behind my house. Since then, whenever im out of work, I end up doing it again within a week, about when my exhaustion from capitalist exploitation wears off. I dont do it every day, and when I do I dont do it all day, but its roughly what should be the communist's ideal work week. I only found this hobby by chance, I very well could have gone on doing nothing until I ended up employed again. In a society where needs are met by communicating those needs to everyone, and voluntarily working to meet those needs, it would be much easier to find something you can do to be productive that you can also enjoy.