this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2023
312 points (97.9% liked)

Antiwork

8267 readers
4 users here now

  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

Partnerships:

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Yayannick@lemmy.ml
uthredii@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
yogthos@lemmy.ml
mossy@lemmy.ml
312
The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work (theintercept.com)
submitted 1 year ago by webdoodle@lemmy.ml to c/antiwork@lemmy.ml
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

If you take the time to learn about trauma response in survivors and the various ways trauma manifests then extrapolate that out to the macro level, everything becomes much clearer. And sinister.

It's all just abuse. Society doesn't want you to be self sufficient, critically thinking and debt free. Then it would have to persuade you thru rational discourse.

If your broken and in need, well, the old saying applies; the power to relieve pain is 1000x greater than the power to inflict.

It also helps when you're the one inflicting the pain, then rationing the salves.