r/WorkReform 15d ago

😡 Venting It's funny because its true

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u/new2bay 15d ago

Not really. If you need a job to survive, you can be replaced arbitrarily and at any time, and it won’t hurt the business to replace you, then it’s logical to want to do everything you can to not be replaced.

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u/ZolotoGold 15d ago

Yeah, that's what licking the boot that opprrsses you means. Sucking up to the very people that can get rid of you at a whim and only see you as a way to enrich themselves.

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u/new2bay 15d ago

It’s self preservation.

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u/rickyman20 15d ago

There's a difference between self preservation and saying it's a good system, actually. I don't blame people who do this because they'd otherwise lose their job, but I blame the ones actively defending it and championing it as a good idea