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Re:Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans qu... by namelessoracle on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:53PM (#29883213)
I dont think there's anything at all naive by realizing that the capitalists perspective on you is just like how they view a part of a machine they own, and they will treat you according to how you would treat a piece of machine based on how expensive / difficult to replace you/it are.

Sense you seemed to miss the point. Capitalists dont care about you. The dirty secret though is that communists/socialists view you as a cog in a machine too. Every large system will.

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Re:Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans qu... by karmakurtisaani on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:06PM (#29884301)
Ok, thanks for the clarification. I got the impression that you were arguing for the "capitalist" viewpoint rather than just characterizing it, as that opinion seems to be somewhat popular here. My mistake if that was not the case.

For the record, my intention was to contrast that to the antiwork sentiment, and how it is understandable, if not a direct consequence, starting from the "capitalist" model of thinking about work.

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