Capitalism’s False Promise…
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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In the real world people have to work. You may not want to work but a dream job makes perfect sense.
Which socioeconomic philosophy involves no jobs?
Plot twist: all socioeconomic types involve daily work
To all you people constantly bitching about capitalism and having to work, what is your alternative? What do you guys want? Central planning? A caste system? I am seriously asking because there is never a proposal in these posts, only bitching.
Marxists telling people what’s capitalism is like men telling women what it’s like to be pregnant.
Don’t work then😂 no one is forcing you to, you can live on the street if you want!
Because sitting around on my ass was such a great life to strive for.
Lowering the bar and victim mentality will make you poor and woefully unhappy.
My dream is to have to walk to Europe from Chicago because there are no pilots, roads built or ships. I’m convinced these types of people either just want others to work but not them or have zero idea how the world works.
The ironic thing here is that in every other socioeconomic society thats ever existed, be it communism, feudalism etc, just not having a job was completely unacceptable to the point where armed men would show up and physically force you into work camps and the like. Capitalism is the only system where you can just sit around on the street all day begging for money and actually not starve because McDonald’s sells you 2000 calories for 3 bucks
Communists want us to believe that “the state” will give us free food, accommodation and healthcare without a job.
But wherever they rule – all the people get is a violent dictatorship where even freedom to live becomes a luxury.
The greatest scam cavemen ever pulled was convincing us that we all needed to hunt and forage for food.
These people are like children getting mad over stuff they were told as children lmao
How could there be any stuff like food, medicine and shelter if no one makes the stuff?
“I want money to be a part of society.”
“But I don’t want to contribute to society”
I don’t mind working, it’s doing meaningless work that gets to me
They just sound like lazy pieces of shit. Find something you enjoy doing and you’ll have a much different outlook on life
Nah, you should totally be able to get everything for free, including other people’s work, time, effort and resources.
People find it easier to imagine the end of the universe than to imagine an alternative to capitalism.
The new american dream is to not be dependent on your labor to live.
Passive wealth accumulation is the dream
I own my own business. I work harder than I ever had to when working for somebody else. I wouldn’t call it a dream job but I love working. It gives me a sense of accomplishment.
Just the situation you are in, sitting in your comfy home, safe and without a worry, writing your random thoughts to random people over instant global network, while your store bought, cut to pieces, in sauce chicken is cooking in an electric oven, made in another part of the world, powered by electricity that comes through wires and transformers from a windmill on the other side of the country.. all this is here because people work and take jobs.
You can also go live in a forest and die of hunger if you want.
You have a severe case of entitlement if you think Capitalism owes you something. It doesn’t make you “promises”. It just allows you to reap rewards if you can keep your promises to yourself and others.
Don’t work, don’t eat. Dead weight can go live on a raft.
We need to stop glamorizing this idea that anyone shouldn’t have to work if they don’t want to and there should be no repercussions for that unwillingness to contribute to society.
EVERYONE that expects to food, shelter, and clothing needs to work to get it – unless they’re lucky enough to have it provided by parents with the means to do so.
The idea that the work you do to provide for yourself is also work that you enjoy is not a false promise. It’s something we should all strive to achieve.
Or you could just try laying on the couch all day complaining about how life is so hard and see how that works out…
In what world would you not have to have a job? I’m just curious how this is a capitalism issue?
Capitalism, where you get to work or you starve
Communism, where you get to work and you starve
The other alternative is to toil in the fields and woods harvesting and hunting for your food.
Imagine relying on the government to get by. That’s today’s democrat party
We love communism. Just look at Cuba and Venezuela.
Even an Anarchist or Communist economic system would require some form of workload to survive. Someone would have to produce goods, someone would have to transport goods, sell goods(or barter). Whether its raiding your neighbors or owning the means of production, most people will need to break a sweat for at least their sake.
Even off the grid you would have to expand and maintain the homestead to meet your needs.
I feel this. So I’m just doing absolutely everything I can to maximise my income in job(s) I can tolerate while cutting spending as much as possible so I can maximise investments and retire early. Like a soft FIRE.
I work in construction and watching boomers Kill themselves at the job and brag about never taking vacations or working sick is the saddest existence that I can think of. Look a job is the means to an end. We need money and jobs mean money. Just don’t be so whoreish about it.
Humans had jobs before society.
Do people in North Korea not work?