Why complain that work = modern day slavery?

[SammyPops]

They shoukd start thier own business and start exploiting people, if they don't like it.

The American way.

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

You are wrong or just a dirty socialist.

Nothing is more honest. Person 1 creates a good or service and displays the price that they are selling it for. Person B can then decide if they wish to freely engage in commerce with this person and if they seem the product or service of value, they will purchase it. If not, they won't.

How the product or service is made is completely irrelevant. There is no lying or con.

Don't want to pay their price? Good news! You are also completely free to engage in commerce too and create the product or service for yourself. You can also choose to engage with someone else.

Restaurant too dear? Cook at home

Brand clothes too experience? Buy some cloth and learn to sew

Need a computer built? Buy the parts and build it yourself.

Etc

It's literally a shit tier system. Capitalism is garbage. We can do better

 

[Mike]

The Chinese and Indians do the same in Australia.

Collectivist cultures are best positioned to succeed under this system. When you have people to split expenses with everything gets easier. I wouldn't be in the spot I'm in now if I had roommates to split bills with that I could trust not to steal my shit.

 

[Mike]

It's literally a shit tier system. Capitalism is garbage. We can do better

It works great if you're lucky or above average. Problem is the majority of people arent.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

You are so cool TS. Can I be your friend?

 

[Halge]

It could be so much worse...

Well, yes, but we strive for improvement, not regression.

Personally, I think it is obvious that not only are you allowed to complain about your job, it is your civic responsibility to do so - if it is warranted.

Which of course turns the whole topic from a black and white issue into one of degrees, or relativity*, or however you want to put it. The question becomes, "when is it warranted"? And it is hard to give a good answer.

I've heard various forms of hyperbole from co-workers over the years, complaints that have simply not been warranted. But I've also had my fair share of Charlie Work where I myself could compose a long list of things related to my work environment that I thought were completely not-okay. Heck, I think my current job is a shit show.

And I know my complaints are warranted in this case because

A: The problems violate a number of labor laws and regulations, plus (more importantly) a great number of regulations put in place to keep our patients safe.

B: I've also worked my fair share of cushy jobs. The difference between various sectors is often like night and day these days. I've seen how bearable some jobs can be, and I see no reason why all jobs can't reach the same level or close to it. But it'll never happen if everyone adopts the attitude of Boxer from Animal Farm, and just knuckles under all the time. Coworkers who never complains are great to have, but I don't think their attitude does The Workers any favours in the long run.


*I don't think it is okay to evaluate your work environment relative to actual slave labor in China, the Middle East or Africa. Although globalists like to do so whenever whitey complains about mass immigration knocking great gaping holes in western labor rights.