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  • Zink@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    Damn, this is more of a list of “things to remember for your mental health and happiness,” capitalism or not.

    Granted, for many of us these things would remind us to not get dragged into the downward capitalist spiral of equating personal worth with productivity or net worth.

  • FanonFan [comrade/them, any]
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    8 months ago

    In the process of deconstructing work "ethics" and capitalist "productivity", it's important to replace it with something more meaningful than individualism or hedonism. While it's fine to do nothing, fine to do things you enjoy regardless of whether they make profit for someone else, it's also good to do things that better yourself, others, and society (even if that concept has been co-opted and corrupted by the profit motive). I see too many people "escape" the rat race either by finding people to exploit or sinking into escapism like [more than a reasonable amount of] video games or drugs or whatnot.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      I mean that's at least usually by choice. You don't tend to accidently be a landlord for long.

      But like, I dunno, call center cold calling people or something? I'm not sure telling people feeling horrible about having to do it that it's real and valid. Like sorry for them but also let's not pretend here, we'll never get to solving it otherwise

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Because this is still feel-good philosophical liberalism rather than a critique of capital that has teeth

  • DunkelLicht@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    This will blow some people's minds on here: some people actually derive pleasure from work. I actually like working. I like researching, building and producing stuff. I would rather work than spend my time doing some stupid hobby. My only requirement is that I need to believe in what I am doing. I won't work just for money or out of necessity and I won't work just to make some rich asshole, richer. I also won't work out of some competitive drive like some people do. I don't even work for myself. I don't care about material riches. I only work so that I can later marvel at my creations. But, I still like working.

    • InputZero@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      It's great that you have found a way to make your work fulfilling but unfortunately for a lot of people the daily grind is a matter of survival and isn't optional. If your only material riches are cheap food and a roof over your head are in jeopardy, you'll begin to care about them real quick.

    • ____@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      You're absolutely entitled to enjoy work, particularly when it has outcomes that you value. That strikes me more as human nature than anything capitalism-specific, and something that more people should have the freedom to seek.

      • pingveno@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        I work for a university as a software developer. My income is considerably lower than the private sector, but it feels so much better knowing that I am working towards something that betters the world.

  • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    None of these indicate an affinity for nor a rejection of capitalism. These are all good ideas but I wouldn’t call this list anti capitalist.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    edit-2
    8 months ago

    Reading these out loud could cause a grillman to have a stroke on the spot. grill-broke

  • Justfollowingorders1@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    While doing nothing is good for some, I'm sure many are like myself and feel better keeping busy or at least doing things I feel are semi productive.

    My wife can watch TV her whole day off. I can barely sit for an hour and watch something these days, I'd rather clean and listen to a podcast, read or at the minimum - play some vidya.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Playing video games is generally regarded as unproductive, so you're in the same boat. Reading and listening to podcasts are things that are simultaneously demanded and disparaged because productivity messaging is incoherent, but whatever.

  • rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I'm pro the message and anti whatever font this is. It looks like the slightly less annoying cousin of comic sans (yes, I know it's good for people with dyslexia, shut up).