• Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The sad thing is that I DO want to work. I WANT to go study and become a biologist and hopefully teach it someday. But, because of this fucked up system, have to do what can afford to pay rent instead of what I have been dreaming of since I was a kid.

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      1 year ago

      That’s the lie of capitalism: “you can be anything you want! Just as long as what you want can be easily monetized and turned into a product, otherwise you’re welcome to die in a ditch you leech.”

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        1 year ago

        Socialism requires production just as much as capitalism, and absolutely requires people to work to their ability.

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          Well no duh, but it’s not like the context in which that production happens – so eg. the status of the workers in relation to the “organization” doing the producing, or let alone how unemployement is dealt with – is the same.

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            Yes but you can imagine the exact same situation of someone wanting work a different job but due to need in their area they can’t.