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Fjolsvith · 2020-03-17 15:26:00+00:00

Ah, but in Capitalism, they can choose not to work.

di4na | karma 2078 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2016-12-08 14:08:16+00:00

They can also not go to work. Choice is fast to do.

TulliusCicero | karma 16642 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2015-02-12 01:37:50

You can indeed choose to not work. But you might, like, starve.

behringer | karma 1699 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2023-11-13 13:22:33

or they can choose not to work at all in a shitty job. That's what's happening here.

tomp | karma 21535 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2022-06-05 15:27:22

Most people don’t have the freedom to choose not to work.

bhhaskin | karma 2350 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2023-01-11 14:24:13

There is a difference between those that can't work and those that choose not to work.

diyseguy | karma 278 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2016-03-09 13:45:20+00:00

You can't really choose not to work though. Ask anyone to honestly answer if they would work if they didn't have to and the answer is obvious: No one wants to work, not really. In America there are basically two choices for the majority: work or suicide

Mtinie | karma 2028 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2017-10-17 02:19:57+00:00

Yo have the perceived choice not to work, but that doesn’t mean you’ll survive. A hallmark of capitalism is smoke and mirrors.

tjr225 | karma 2462 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2020-02-24 12:25:01+00:00

This seems like an incredibly naive thing to say to someone. Not everyone has the privilege of choosing not to work. Welcome to global capitalism.

Koshkin | karma 7543 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2020-09-23 16:04:41+00:00

But does that include choosing not to work (because you do not have to in order to survive)?

amagumori | karma 582 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2017-02-20 03:55:18+00:00

Oh, you just choose not to work a job! Never thought of that!

ekianjo | karma 34827 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2013-05-01 09:11:24+00:00

It's more like they choose not work, most of the time, and live off society.

Georgelemental | karma 3293 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2022-12-09 23:32:24

The working class gets its power from its ability to choose whether or not to work. Without work, there is no workers' movement

esperent | karma 5240 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2023-08-06 20:59:18

Not wanting to work is a valid life choice. Western societies produce a massive excess of goods, we don't need everyone to spend their lives working.

Proven | karma -247 | avg karma -0.05 · | 2021-02-06 18:09:22

They had a choice, what do you mean they didn't have a choice? They could go work and live elsewhere.

This is a great idea, less busybodies and more capitalism!

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michaelbrave | karma 773 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2019-12-14 16:28:34

Ah yes, the choice of working or not working.

kefka | karma 3870 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2016-12-12 16:40:44+00:00

They never have to work. They may choose to do so. But in the end, they have that as a choice. We are talking of compulsory labor, where I have to do something to make someone else even more money, so I can have something to eat and a place to sleep.

The rest of us, don't have that luxury.

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kenjackson | karma 20413 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2011-07-24 15:08:27+00:00

Some people have decided to live in a society where employees typically don't work consistently at the border between having a job and quitting.

If you do prefer a society where employers are not regulated at all, there probably are places in the world you can "choose" to live.

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passerby1 | karma 161 | avg karma 0.94 · | 2021-01-19 15:02:37

>not participating in the capitalist economy

Does this definition include people who actively refusing to be employed, or is there any kind of law obligations to work?

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oafitupa | karma 126 | avg karma 0.64 · | 2015-04-06 14:13:29+00:00

People don't like to work either, and yet they do it.