Antiwork

Humanity is the only species with free access to enough resources for its every member, and yet it purposefully restricts access to those resources. Every day, tons upon tons of perfectly good food are thrown away because no one needs to buy them. At the same time, people go hungry. Every day, millions upon millions of perfectly good homes are left vacant because no one needs to buy them. At the same time, people go homeless. Thinking outside the capitalist box for a moment, why is this? Why can't people eat food that'll only be thrown out? Why can't people live in homes that'll only be left vacant? It's silly, disgustingly silly. It's silly because looking at it from any objective angle would be cause for laughter and disgusting because it causes immense human suffering. But to answer my own question, it's a side effect of our society. The way…

I just had the most interesting conversation with a client, hes owned a franchise fast food joint in a small city for the past year. We get talking and he goes off about the labour shortage so I joked “pay them more? Inflation been terrible haha” and he countered with he had to make a profit too. Valid to a point, but people need to pay their bills and you aren't entitled to them working poverty wages to fulfill your dreams. He THEN continues on to tell me they've lost THIRTY employees in EIGHT MONTHS. …that's just a wee bit high now isn't it. And then keeps going that they're doing so well(employees aside) that they want to open a second location! And they just bought a new truck! And he's down here in the city on vacation for a month! AND YET THEY CANT PAY THEIR WORKERS ENOUGH TO…