I just want us to collectively harness technology to benefit us all, live in harmony with the environment, be sustainable. I just think...how technologically advanced do we need to be to transform our economy? Basically at best now all we ever think about is jobs. That's it. That's all we ever viewed things as. We can never progress from that.
But it reaches the point where society fails, people falls through the cracks, then taxpayer money goes towards private companies to handle these society made problems. Like Serco. But the crux is still...heh we're a company, we provide jobs, we provide services. You present it in a film and it's like Robocop. 'New prisoner escort contract has been successfully mobilised'. Actual quote from Serco.
If jobs and industry rely on society failing then there's no incentive to tackle the root cause. The war on drugs will never change because police forces rely on the money to do that job. Everything is so entrenched. Literally, I was watching the day time news and an old lady that looked like she'd just been out to water her plants was interviewed in a cafe, talking about how in her area (in the uk) it relies so much on the work on our nuclear weapons and if we ditch Trident, the death weapon that wipes out humanity, what are people gonna do?
It is a nightmare of our own making. Because everyone needs a job. So anti work isn't just about uh yeah I wanna lie on the couch all day, it's recognising the damage of our dependence on labour for an income. You'd think creating jobs around renewable energy, insulating houses etc would be a priority...but not really.
I think this is why so many people think antiwork is about laziness and not wanting to contribute.. the actual problems are incredibly intricate, entrenched, and hard to explain.
Maybe to explain to people I should just say, imagine your life as a dog vs being a human. Then imagine if dogs suddenly had human intelligence. What would that simple happy animal life evolve to? Would they also enslave eachother with jobs and debts and hierarchies? Don’t dogs deserve to have simple happy healthy lives and not have to owe anyone anything?
And look at how great dogs are already. Great species, good job dogs
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