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How many health issues are created or go untreated in the name of capitalism?

My apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile. I'm old enough to have been fed the “good work ethic equals a good life” bullshit but young enough to smell it for the bullshit it is after working over half my life. After 20+ years of working non stop, do you know what my first thought is when I have an ailment? How much trouble or stress it will cause at my job and panic whenever I have to use sick time. I have a couple chronic conditions that have taught me how to work a job while feeling like I have the flu, so as a result I only take off work if one of my kids is sick or if my migraine is so bad I can't see. I think this way of thinking contributes to my stress and symptoms. I wonder how much less pain I'd have if I…


My apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile.

I'm old enough to have been fed the “good work ethic equals a good life” bullshit but young enough to smell it for the bullshit it is after working over half my life.

After 20+ years of working non stop, do you know what my first thought is when I have an ailment? How much trouble or stress it will cause at my job and panic whenever I have to use sick time.

I have a couple chronic conditions that have taught me how to work a job while feeling like I have the flu, so as a result I only take off work if one of my kids is sick or if my migraine is so bad I can't see.

I think this way of thinking contributes to my stress and symptoms. I wonder how much less pain I'd have if I didn't feel guilty every time I start to feel rough, like it's a moral failing on my part.

I've been yelled at by customers while feeling like my whole face is about to explode from pain and I just… took it? Like the good little worker bee bitch I am apparently.

Sorry for the rant, just disgusted with U.S. work culture.

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