How Capitalism Ruined Work

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If you’re unemployed, it isn’t because there’s no work. There is, and always will be, work to be done. So...what's going on? Why are there so few meaningful jobs, and why are they getting replaced by alienating, meaningless labor?
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@nicoledreamcr4666
@nicoledreamcr4666 2 жыл бұрын
"When I was young I was poor. Now, after I've pulled myself by the bootstraps, got good education, worked extra hours, never took sick leave, ate junk food to save money, I am no longer young"
@Anonymous------
@Anonymous------ 2 жыл бұрын
And you have very little time left for life.
@akiram6609
@akiram6609 2 жыл бұрын
The American dream.
@Yandel21ableify
@Yandel21ableify 2 жыл бұрын
The American work ethic
@kombatace7971
@kombatace7971 2 жыл бұрын
"Ah yes, how could you tell I was deteriorating faster than the next economic crisis?"
@Anonymous------
@Anonymous------ 2 жыл бұрын
@@Yandel21ableify The American Nightmare.
@Fusilier7
@Fusilier7 2 жыл бұрын
"How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?" - Charles Bukowski.
@f1r3hunt3rz5
@f1r3hunt3rz5 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmaughan4798 Good for you man. Some of us ain't that lucky.
@navilluscire2567
@navilluscire2567 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmaughan4798 And you're employer was probably laughing up a storm at that load of crap behind your back all the way to his offshore accounts.
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
@@f1r3hunt3rz5 Ah yes, luck, of course...
@whutcat682
@whutcat682 2 жыл бұрын
@@TuEIite kind of lucky bcs in this time is so hard to find a job :/ I hate this sistem so much
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
@@whutcat682 There are job shortages almost everywhere...
@oswald2799
@oswald2799 Жыл бұрын
its crazy how all those “ unskilled low-wage” employees were all of a sudden “essential workers”
@dlg5485
@dlg5485 Жыл бұрын
What's even more crazy is that conditions for low wage workers is even worse now than before covid because low wage employers can't get enough workers to do these shitty jobs for shitty pay, so they are perpetually understaffed, placing even more burden on existing 'essential' workers.
@erinszarban7711
@erinszarban7711 Жыл бұрын
And still they refuse to offer the pay and conditions that would pull these workers in
@NotoriousRichie
@NotoriousRichie 11 ай бұрын
Amazing comment
@aaronfield7899
@aaronfield7899 10 ай бұрын
Well not all of them, but definitely most of them
@Hell-Hole
@Hell-Hole 9 ай бұрын
Funny how that works.
@mattwong5403
@mattwong5403 2 жыл бұрын
When minimum wage workers get stimulus checks, people say they don't need it because they'll waste it on drugs or Starbucks. Yet when CEOs get $10M salaries, I never hear anyone say "they don't need $10M because they'll waste it on a third yacht."
@AHess007
@AHess007 Жыл бұрын
Because they own the company. If you Want more, do more or find a better job. Work. Don't be lazy.
@davidlavine2846
@davidlavine2846 Жыл бұрын
Thefilmboy is a bootlicker.
@proudbrogressive315
@proudbrogressive315 Жыл бұрын
@@AHess007 Says the guy who has never worked a single day in his life.
@AHess007
@AHess007 Жыл бұрын
@@proudbrogressive315 the video is up now. Bro thinks I don't work.
@Jake-mi3bj
@Jake-mi3bj Жыл бұрын
That's the cancer of capitalism but Goodluck telling that to a brainwashed American
@notdog1996
@notdog1996 2 жыл бұрын
I have become antiwork this year. I did everything I was "supposed" to do. I went to university, got into debt (not in the US, so not nearly as much as you guys), studied something that was supposed to be profitable but also cool to do, etc. Then, when I graduated in 2019, I saw that employers didn't want me because I had no experience, so I was forced to work minimum wage to survive while I continued to search in my field. I changed jobs in search of better conditions, but they all suck and made me so depressed. Then, I started doing some freelance work, and while it wasn't very stable, it was starting to pick up. Then, the pandemic happened and all my contracts stopped. I was working part-time as a dishwasher to complement my freelance work, but the dishwasher job continued and the freelance stopped. I got CERB, but I was forced to keep the dishwasher job or else I would lose everything. Then, in the fall, I finally got hired by the only company that didn't care about experience (they hired everyone who passed their ridiculous tests). They only wanted the best of the best. What did they pay, tho? 18 CAD per hour. Laughable. I told myself I would collect some experience there and change jobs later, but they ended up firing me after my probation because I wasn't improving as fast as they wanted me to. Their expectations are off the charts and most people leave after two years. I was doing as much as I could. Since then, I'm on unemployment and I see jobs never showing the salary, asking for a minimum of 5 years experience and just generally being shitty. Fuck this, I just want to live. Why does it have to be so complicated??
@filipwolffs
@filipwolffs 2 жыл бұрын
This comment should honestly be front and centre. The staunch defenders of the system might pull out arguments for why it's not the fault of the system, but I think many people would see themselves in this.
@normandy2501
@normandy2501 2 жыл бұрын
It's got me thinking about looking to other countries for permanent dwelling in the near future. I don't care what sacrifices I have to make, but it beats sitting around and waiting for things to change in the US.
@notdog1996
@notdog1996 2 жыл бұрын
@@normandy2501 I want to do the same honestly. Canada is not as bad as the US, but by having it as a neighbor, it drags us down with it. "If you offer those conditions, we won't be able to compete with the US" or "Quit complaining, people in the US pay X for this". European working rights sound like a dream to me.
@Gangst3r4ever
@Gangst3r4ever 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah,same. We can't go on like this
@pasmas3217
@pasmas3217 2 жыл бұрын
Dude i am the same... went into aeronautical engineering and when i came out in top 7-8% of my class (studying in a foreign language, not even english but a third language amongst locals) i was actually unable to find work in a field that pre-corona was supposedly lacking workers. Employers were looking for 5+ years of experience with certificates showing specific knowledge on specific aircrafts (certificates that both cost and require 3+ years experience on those aircraft) whilst wanting to pay under 1k-1.5k$ salary. we are talking about highly qualified engineering jobs at a country where middle class is starting from ~3.5k+$ salaries and goes way up... so my basically "empty meaning" degree meant nothing. was looking for a job in the field for over 6 months to find a barely ok position with the understanding of salary being raised within 6 months.... corona hit and i was let go for few months and then they got me back. the 6 months probation started over... but because i requested 2 months of unofficial work "illegal" ( i wanted to participate in a eu program for some basic pilot training that required u being unemploeyd) thsoe 6 months got reset again. and after the 2 months passed and i realised that the programm was a joke and they werent ever gonna start it, i left it and requested my work becomes official again. they were saving significant money not paying taxes for me and my helthcare costs (almost 1/3 of my salary ontop the money paying me) so it took them 7 more months to get me official again... and due to corona i wasnt able to leave that job and when i became an official employee again, the 6 month clock was RESET once again!!! thats the second best paying place in this country in aviation (after air traffic controllers, which is a goverment job that pays great, but i dont want that stress currently in my early to mid 20s...) sooo with over 2 years experience at this point, as an aeronautical engineer, whose job includes actually taking engineering decisions and responsibility with my signature on a document, i am being payed under half what would take for me to enter the lowest amount to start be considered a middle class... i am actually making just above 20$ whats considered the poverty line for the capital city of the country - where i live... and me managing to survive financially is based on me leaving in a college dorm (that actually costs nothing) due to me doing a double masters... which i am concluding litterally next week and will not affect my pay in any way!!! but that also means i will have to go on rented housing which with current pricing will actually put me in negative budgets by living the same way i do now... (which would be me spending less than 50$ a month for ALL of my hobbies and enjoyments)... so yeah... maybe the job isnt terrible (though i have to do many things i am uncomfortable with (as to approving things i dont agree with), but this is a routine that must be broken. not for one person (like me or you) but for the entire working class... but unfortunately the US is a leader in terrible worker rights and too many places are copying them...
@BlitzkriegOmega
@BlitzkriegOmega 2 жыл бұрын
Shit like this is why I support the general strike that has been happening globally lately. People are sick of the Bullshit Jobs. People are sick of Long Hours, Bad Wage, and No Benefits. People are sick of having to pick between gas in their car or food on their plate. The fight for 15 is over: These People fight for a permanently livable wage.
@user-gz4ve8mw9l
@user-gz4ve8mw9l 2 жыл бұрын
I need to be able to invest so I can escape the dystopian hellscape USA. Slave wage jobs don't even pay for basic needs. Let alone provide for the capacity to save or invest. I won't work for anyone that doesn't pay enough to meet ones needs. As IF I can't escape the USA death is my ONLY path. EVERYONE has a right to a living wage, and a fixed work schedule plus benefits.
@shefchenko111
@shefchenko111 2 жыл бұрын
What's the alternative?
@dizzyrosecal
@dizzyrosecal 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, global strike? You mean Marx was right about a global class solidarity emerging after the creation of a global communications tool? Is that what we’re seeing unfold right before our eyes? A global class solidarity?
@CommieApe
@CommieApe 2 жыл бұрын
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!!
@shefchenko111
@shefchenko111 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrKIMBO345 And you think there would be no exploitation then? Naive you...
@jaywenzel3528
@jaywenzel3528 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing makes my blood boil like hearing “we made record profits last year!” And then being told i will not receive a raise or added benefits.
@Adam_U
@Adam_U Жыл бұрын
They list that kind of shit in job listings now, under the "why work for us?" section Like why would I give even a quark of a proton of an atom of a fuck about that? It has literally zero correlation to worker pay in almost every company on Earth (and even in the few exceptions, you have to be very high up for it to matter)
@Guitarplayer22222
@Guitarplayer22222 Жыл бұрын
In a meeting, the company I work for announced that they had made an extra 1.2 million dollars, immedietly after that they told us they were no longer providing us with water and we would have to bring our own.
@BargerClan
@BargerClan Жыл бұрын
Greed hurts everyone at work someone I know works for US Steel and they treat their employees with respect and pay bonuses when they make profits
@jamesnesran2348
@jamesnesran2348 Жыл бұрын
@@Guitarplayer22222 plastic water is bad
@carparthero
@carparthero Жыл бұрын
that's the american way LMFAOOO. heard it many times here in canada from canadians involved in american-run companies. 🥳
@obsoleteoptics
@obsoleteoptics 2 жыл бұрын
A guy says to me: "I want a job, I want money, and I want a car." That's not true! You want to do interesting things that you find fulfilling, you want access to resources, and you want to go places and be able to get there fast. If you think you want "a job"... Boy, they did a real good number on you. - Jacque Fresco
@robertwelch2843
@robertwelch2843 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I love this
@WokeAFMillennial
@WokeAFMillennial Жыл бұрын
It's not true because we NEED a job to do those things you mentioned. This quote simply says no to capitalism without providing any real reasoning or suggestions to change it. I get it, you guys don't like capitalism. Might as well throw your computer away or put it to extra good use by allowing everybody on your block to use it.. Hell, send everybody on your block that uses it a portion of the energy bill. They'll sign right up. .. ?
@obsoleteoptics
@obsoleteoptics Жыл бұрын
@@WokeAFMillennial you're the one they did a real good number on, aren't you
@WokeAFMillennial
@WokeAFMillennial Жыл бұрын
@@obsoleteoptics I don't know, aren't I?
@obsoleteoptics
@obsoleteoptics Жыл бұрын
@@WokeAFMillennial obviously 🙄
@Matizicov
@Matizicov 2 жыл бұрын
Do NOT listen to this at work. Damn near walked off the job 😂
@oo-sz1fe
@oo-sz1fe 2 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@BeautifulEarthJa
@BeautifulEarthJa 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nitawasson2464
@nitawasson2464 2 жыл бұрын
Your emotional response is correct,now we have FIGHT, with our vote, with our voices, with our feet in the streets!! Please don't just walk out though,I did that once and ended up having a hard time finding another.Be strong,be informed,you got this!
@mikeyorkav4039
@mikeyorkav4039 2 жыл бұрын
I played it out loud
@James.99
@James.99 2 жыл бұрын
I bet my old boss would've fired me on the spot if he saw me watching this (on my break of course) and I would've just said "Okay bye"
@TheDarkness1
@TheDarkness1 2 жыл бұрын
The harder you work, the quicker your boss can retire. He'll enjoy that boat you've always wanted.
@brazghost
@brazghost 2 жыл бұрын
Or you are forced to work and earn nothing because the government forced you.
@GTAVictor9128
@GTAVictor9128 2 жыл бұрын
"There are only two certainties in life - death and taxes." - Except if you're rich, in which case you can legally dodge taxes and thus pay less in tax than your average worker. And even postponing death itself is also becoming a real possibility for the rich with nanotechnology, so that statement is only a half-truth. It's rather ironic how the richer you are, the less taxes you pay. The secret is to move away from income-based salary into capital gains and store away your wealth in trust funds and holding companies.
@threek3614
@threek3614 2 жыл бұрын
@@brazghost what?
@jukebox5600
@jukebox5600 2 жыл бұрын
@@brazghost yeah, the military sucks as a jobs program right?
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj 2 жыл бұрын
@@brazghost Through what authority? Oh they have weapons? We do too. They have an army? We do too. Only a truly disgusting army of individuals could use their arms to oppress their fellow citizens, their families, all for a minuscule gain.
@inathi1329
@inathi1329 2 жыл бұрын
I hope 100 years from now as a society we will be able to look back on this time in history and realize how awful it was that society used to be structured this way
@Nick84525
@Nick84525 Жыл бұрын
It is time for paid vacation to be mandatory for all workers and each worker needs to make a living wage
@StrangeAttractor
@StrangeAttractor Жыл бұрын
life is bad now, it's gonna be a lot worse in a hundred years. It isn't possible to have ever-increasing automation, A.I., overpopulation, capitalism, climate change and ecological destruction without resulting in the kind of techno-feudalism envisioned by movies like Elysium and Ready Player One. Don't have kids, kids.
@familyfriendlyvideos2241
@familyfriendlyvideos2241 Жыл бұрын
Humanity will be long dead after 100 years buddy
@kyliancoleman7295
@kyliancoleman7295 Жыл бұрын
We won’t be able too because we would have worked are selfs into nonexistent and the aliens exploring this planet will only have clues to what has happened
@juanc10
@juanc10 Жыл бұрын
You mean like we now see communism and socialism?
@DrumWild
@DrumWild 2 жыл бұрын
What is most frustrating and confounding is the vast number of people who are not only exploited by this system, but who fight vigorously to keep it all this way.
@lind3237
@lind3237 Жыл бұрын
By voting Republican.
@RandomPerson-hd6wr
@RandomPerson-hd6wr Жыл бұрын
@@lind3237 by voting either side
@DivyaRaviraj
@DivyaRaviraj 11 ай бұрын
Very true
@kaylam8707
@kaylam8707 7 ай бұрын
@igakoga2481 Exactly!
@jonsmith7659
@jonsmith7659 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a fair treatment and reasonable pay shortage. It’s up to employers to provide what we want if they want us to work for them. This is the free market they love So much. The economy is made of people. So many forget this fact.
@DarkMustard1337
@DarkMustard1337 2 жыл бұрын
I'm browsing for the "Suck it up no excuses" type lol
@LAXLIS
@LAXLIS 2 жыл бұрын
@Sophie troll bot - vuvuzella iPhone - socialism is when capitalism
@MRGoods89
@MRGoods89 2 жыл бұрын
Corporatism is not capitalism. The government helped build many of these giant corporations which take advantage of people. People should support their local/ small businesses.
@betawolfhd
@betawolfhd 2 жыл бұрын
Dude just make your own company. Why have the people you can't trust fix your problem. TF wrong with you? Make a competitor. They don't have employees to meet demand. Be the change you want to see
@matthewburger798
@matthewburger798 2 жыл бұрын
@Sophie These aren’t exclusive to communism you know that right?
@professornoah3009
@professornoah3009 2 жыл бұрын
This released a minute ago people are disliking it without even being physically able to watch it all….
@haroldinho9930
@haroldinho9930 2 жыл бұрын
People who are right wing.
@theleeda5565
@theleeda5565 2 жыл бұрын
Most of the videos in this channel have a 0.04 max disapproval so I wouldn't worry about it. Every village has a madman or 2
@leozebiLeonArmy
@leozebiLeonArmy 2 жыл бұрын
@@haroldinho9930 bro he just recycles all the time the things he already has said before. Im not even on the right-wing but he has to shape his content in another form cause it's getting tiring to hear the same things all the time. I mean I love his videos about patriotism and other related problems. he does a very good job explaining some basic and fundamental ideologies but he needs a change I feel like. Okay we heard that capitalism is bad and this and that and the other, but enough. I don't dislike his videos I just don't even the interest too, when I see there is not change cause I already know from the beginning what he is going to talk about. I'm, not mad or whatever I'm just explaining my point of view since I'm long time fan of his channel since his video with the grandpa paradox.. lol it's been a while.
@nathanmcbow158
@nathanmcbow158 2 жыл бұрын
@@theleeda5565 More like every planet has a few million.
@leozebiLeonArmy
@leozebiLeonArmy 2 жыл бұрын
@@haroldinho9930 One more thing that I saw right now, his video about Findland's homelessness was fucking awesome because It was something interesting and different. This is how you explain the capitalistic problems, comparing them with other ideologies and doings.
@fromthegecko9488
@fromthegecko9488 Жыл бұрын
“we put more than half of our waking hours into a job, regardless of its necessity, so that we can simply pay for our miserable existence”
@heidenburg5445
@heidenburg5445 Жыл бұрын
we have to help the people that pay us destroy our environment.
@theintrovertedaspie9095
@theintrovertedaspie9095 Жыл бұрын
Like I say; we work to live so we can live to work. Work to keep on living so we can keep on working.
@cagehfh
@cagehfh 2 жыл бұрын
College for me was a highway to oblivion.. graduated in 1986, five years later, came to the realization that it was devalued and useless. Been working a boring, unimportant meaningless job making no difference in my life or the life of others. I’m 58..
@watamutha
@watamutha Жыл бұрын
Well at least you didnt graduate in the 2000s. Small consolation I suppose.
@Elitesolider1023
@Elitesolider1023 Жыл бұрын
you should then just get a new job that is entraining and important and does make a difference in your life others as well stop being a slave and charge into your own bright better future NOW.
@redlion45
@redlion45 Жыл бұрын
​@@Elitesolider1023 lol "if u get new job fings better"
@user-nw7zj2du9p
@user-nw7zj2du9p 2 жыл бұрын
Here's the thing: With capitalism, you're making a lot. *It's not your "lot".*
@naveed755
@naveed755 2 жыл бұрын
Here's the thing: With communism or socialism, you're making a little. It's not your "little". It's ours
@user-nw7zj2du9p
@user-nw7zj2du9p 2 жыл бұрын
@@naveed755 here's a thing: With anarchism, you'll have nothing. But it'll be fun.
@shefchenko111
@shefchenko111 2 жыл бұрын
@@naveed755 Good to see other people reasoning here.
@user-nw7zj2du9p
@user-nw7zj2du9p 2 жыл бұрын
@@shefchenko111 We don't sweat there from nerves, bro, we just enjoy the content)
@shefchenko111
@shefchenko111 2 жыл бұрын
@@user-nw7zj2du9p Fair enough.
@X_TheHuntsman_X
@X_TheHuntsman_X 2 жыл бұрын
I'm an engineer for a prestigious American space agency. 90% of my job is not important and could be accomplished easily with software. 10% of it is important, but none of it is "essential."
@yawnyeah7291
@yawnyeah7291 2 жыл бұрын
Nasa
@Yandel21ableify
@Yandel21ableify 2 жыл бұрын
Space X
@jayberarchive6863
@jayberarchive6863 2 жыл бұрын
read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber: you aren’t the only one experiencing thjs
@Soulwrite7
@Soulwrite7 2 жыл бұрын
Write the software and sell it to the company, if what you say is true.
@MaaveMaave
@MaaveMaave 2 жыл бұрын
@@Soulwrite7 he said he's an engineer, like physical, not software engineer
@lopiklop
@lopiklop Жыл бұрын
As someone without a job, I notice these trends among the employed. It's really sad and frustrating watching people put their job before literally everything else in their life. Like even taking out the trash. "i worked hard today, i can't clean up after myself" Growing up in america, i've come to think everything is just a scheme to take my money or time.
@Nick84525
@Nick84525 Жыл бұрын
Exactly I have always put myself first before a job
@gta4everrr
@gta4everrr 2 жыл бұрын
I've been working for Amazon as a packer for almost 3 years. Every once and while, something will happen with the system of conveyers that move shipments around the FC (usually a jam or mechanical fault) that will prevent us from working for hours on end (I work a 10hr shift). When this happens, the managers will literally just have us stand there (sitting is considered a safety hazard) aimlessly until they fix the problem. The last time this happened was hilarious because they called MET (Mandatory Extra Time), meaning we had to stay for an extra hour and half. Right around the time our shift normally would have ended, something happened with the conveyers and we ended up doing absolutely nothing for the extra hour and half we were required to stay. It really baffles me why they do the things they do, it seems contrary to the profit motive that drives capitalism.
@TeenageWasteland2112
@TeenageWasteland2112 2 жыл бұрын
I am convinced that you are paid to be miserable, and not paid to actually do a service. Waste your time and do it with a smile.
@aleksapetrovic6519
@aleksapetrovic6519 2 жыл бұрын
It's not about profit. It's about subjegation and domination. Profit is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that you know that they control you, your life, your time and even your toughts and that you know that you can't do nothing about it, because you are alone. Money is merely an instrument of control.
@VisonsofFalseTruths
@VisonsofFalseTruths 2 жыл бұрын
@@aleksapetrovic6519 I had the same thought watching the video. Labor and employment are weapons, used to keep those of us who work too tired, placid and afraid of losing our incomes to fight our abusers, and to ensure those who don't work lack to means to fight anyway.
@renanfelipedossantos5913
@renanfelipedossantos5913 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, that is so so abusive.
@michaelc3656
@michaelc3656 2 жыл бұрын
"Sitting is considered a safety hazard". Bruh.
@jackmonaghan8477
@jackmonaghan8477 2 жыл бұрын
Plus it's even worse if you're disabled/neurodivergent. Capitalism also thrives on eugenics.
@billnyetherussianspy3187
@billnyetherussianspy3187 2 жыл бұрын
How so?
@WallaWaller
@WallaWaller 2 жыл бұрын
@@billnyetherussianspy3187 if you can't work normally then you have to fight for your right to exist.
@Brian-tn4cd
@Brian-tn4cd 2 жыл бұрын
@@billnyetherussianspy3187 i have a friend with a leg disability (needs a wheelchair), he can do a lot of work just fine but gets tired more easily, so companies dont want him because its extra money they have to spend because of inefficiencies in their eyes, for clerk/secretary like work he doesn't get hired because people are disquieted by looking at him, the dream is having pretty looking people for those jobs, not someone who does things well or is in a wheelchair that has to be accommodated, all those things and even sometimes just the fact he's gay have made jobs harder for him to get and easily gets fired from the jobs he does get, because someone else can do it better for not having a disability, fortunately he lives in England and gets enough welfare that he can live well enough but he struggles with not being able to work like other people.
@mary9983
@mary9983 2 жыл бұрын
This is EXACTLY right. I've started using the term eugenics when people want to talk badly about low paying jobs, like food service, and think it's ok because "it's a kid's job". I ask "so it's ok to pay child laborers less than living wages and they don't deserve to have a roof over their heads because they're poor? You know that's eugenics right? Telling someone they don't deserve to live because their poor". Usually shuts them up or makes them get super defensive.
@badge5575
@badge5575 2 жыл бұрын
@@WallaWaller but I'm no one owes you nothing thats just how nature works only the strong survive
@Indoor_Carrot
@Indoor_Carrot 2 жыл бұрын
What I've found through working retail and fast food is, if you work hard you aren't rewarded, you are just given more work than everybody else
@jimzecca3961
@jimzecca3961 2 жыл бұрын
If you work hourly, as long as you are doing the job and not screwing up/causing problems, there's no financial advantage to doing more work than you have to unless you just happen to enjoy it.
@fasthowto
@fasthowto 2 жыл бұрын
That is not unique to retail OR fast food. ALL bad employers do that - doesn't matter if you make $10k or $100k. A bad boss is a bad boss. Find a better one.
@juanc10
@juanc10 Жыл бұрын
I would suggest quit those industries and get into somekind of skilled labor. Or start you own bussiness.
@T_Texas
@T_Texas Жыл бұрын
@@juanc10finally someone in these comments that makes sense 💯💯👍☝
@MrDirtydaves
@MrDirtydaves Жыл бұрын
Amen. I have had to tell people not to overwork or else it will become expected of us and sure enough it did. It wasn’t that we had the extra time, it just so happened they hadn’t worked a busy shift yet and once they did, their overworking added a whole new set of responsibilities for the position.
@philipparker5291
@philipparker5291 2 жыл бұрын
Damn. This really hits me. I have studied philosophy and have been a 'jobhopper' for years. I graduated in 2014 and this has been going on even before that period. I've tried quite some jobs in my life, but every time I am confronted with the utter meaningless of it, or have to deal with annoying managers who pretend to know better. Some people think that I am 'high-demanding', but this is really not the case. I just want to know that my work is really contributing to society. I don't give a shit about your stupid-ass product or service. I don't want to have meetings about meetings. I don't want to pretend to be happy working late.
@quangle-zi2oz
@quangle-zi2oz 2 жыл бұрын
The world needs more people like you, sir ! 👍
@DAEDRICDUKE1
@DAEDRICDUKE1 Жыл бұрын
@@quangle-zi2oz We need less people with useless degrees
@philipparker5291
@philipparker5291 Жыл бұрын
@@giovanni545 Please know that it is not relevant, at all.
@reefman10
@reefman10 Жыл бұрын
Dude there are a million places you can volunteer and make a difference. People do it every day.
@philipparker5291
@philipparker5291 Жыл бұрын
@@reefman10 I am aware of that, and have done that quite some times. I recently found something that works for me, but the general observation remains.
@JaneLame
@JaneLame 2 жыл бұрын
I sit in front of a computer 40h a week, and do needless paperwork, that nobody reads, for 175k a year. I don't think my role should even exist. But I keep quiet because I have to pay the rent.
@seanzibonanzi64
@seanzibonanzi64 2 жыл бұрын
Cost of living is just another externality in an economic system that ignores externalities. Working class America - "we literally can't afford to live" Economists - "we measure success by the cost of consumer goods and shareholder profit and by those metrics, you've never had it better"
@justanotherhero398
@justanotherhero398 2 жыл бұрын
It's long past time we start measuring success by human fulfillment rather than by numbers.
@Tom-ni1vl
@Tom-ni1vl 2 жыл бұрын
@@justanotherhero398 Absolutely
@helenarichard
@helenarichard 2 жыл бұрын
Yep and everyone I know that works hard for a career is depressed as fuck
@geneward9645
@geneward9645 2 жыл бұрын
No joke: I'm sitting at my "awesome and fulfilling" healthcare "career" on a Saturday morning watching this and it crushes my soul to hear my ENTIRE EXISTENCE and life experience summed up in so few words. I thought in healthcare I would be making a difference. At the end of the day, I am just another factory worker getting as much product in and out per day for my overlords as I possibly can. It just so happens the product is YOU. Did you know, internally, management does not even refer to you as patients? You are a "customer" when you walk into the hospital, i.e. a source of income, not a human being.
@jonbob732
@jonbob732 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Makes no sense for healthcare to be a private industry. Pure evil. I've heard Doctors have high levels of narcissism these days and most people going to medical school are just chasing money, not striving to cure the sick and heal the poor.
@quangle-zi2oz
@quangle-zi2oz 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story !
@loui2w118
@loui2w118 2 жыл бұрын
Super wealthy: There needs to be these jobs to have people under chronic stress and anxiety to keep them sick and dependent on the health (sick) care system, (pharma, insurance, hospitals, etc) to keep us super wealthy
@adampkalb
@adampkalb 2 жыл бұрын
@@jonbob732 If you do not care about helping people in healthcare, you are not doing your job. If you do not treat other human beings like human beings, then you do not act like a human being yourself. You act like you are made of money when money is more important to you than people. Gene Ward, I feel very bad for you if capitalism makes being good at your job pointless.
@adampkalb
@adampkalb 2 жыл бұрын
@@loui2w118 We can live without you, super wealthy! We don't need to take your jobs, and the economy will not collapse when you are not kept super wealthy.
@RaqueLauren
@RaqueLauren 2 жыл бұрын
I had to leave the work force once I had kids and realized corporations always came first and would never give me the pay, flexibility, or time off to be a good parent or live with dignity. I've given up materialism in order to get my time back, which is priceless and the most valuable thing. It's good to see others finally starting to realize the same.
@Vmvmvmvmvn
@Vmvmvmvmvn 2 жыл бұрын
It's impossible not to be anti-work when the work conditions are so bad as it is today.
@zolyguy
@zolyguy 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a software engineer. I don't make nearly enough, but I don't want to go try and work for the companies that pay more in silicon valley. not only would I have to work more, but I feel like i'd be actively making the world worse working for companies like Facebook.
@Kon420
@Kon420 2 жыл бұрын
I heard softwarw engineers get paid a lot. I know somebody who's a recent graduate that is getting paid over 80 grand a year
@danklewis2670
@danklewis2670 2 жыл бұрын
I’m a software engineer and I make 150k a year. I don’t live in California or New York either
@chessSoup24
@chessSoup24 2 жыл бұрын
The greed will always overcome dw
@senismarsenis9678
@senismarsenis9678 2 жыл бұрын
@@danklewis2670 ... Congratulations dude xD
@mikeymo9363
@mikeymo9363 2 жыл бұрын
@@danklewis2670 I think you should be sharing your wealth with all the deadbeats in this comment section
@js-qs6iv
@js-qs6iv 2 жыл бұрын
There is a concept called "lying flat" in china where the younger generation is refusing to work except for 2-3 months out of the year because they are tired of being exploited. They also refuse to get married or have children. The fear of this movement has grown to the point that the term "lying flat" is a censored phrase in China.
@ElectronicYouth
@ElectronicYouth 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been paying flat in the US the most of my adult life. The less I work the happiest I feel.
@stevenhe198911
@stevenhe198911 2 жыл бұрын
That's kind of true.And if the industry lost the social ability of "let people move higher social level"through works ,then more people will be lying flat…and it seems functions of social mobility in US and many other countries are playing the minimum role~so what's the way out ?hmm
@coolioso808
@coolioso808 2 жыл бұрын
Good to hear this out of China. The younger generation is wising up because they are the ones that are going to be given the planet when the old ruling elite are gone. But I'm sure the younger generation don't want to enable the further destruction of their home land for the benefit of a few obscenely wealthy people and corporations. Hopefully they follow that train of thought and are willing to revolutionize the economy itself to end oppression. End the oppression of labor-for-income. Demand a UBI as a human right so everybody's needs are taken care of. Then work for system change away from the unsustainable monetary-market economy and build a better system based on natural law and careful management of available resources.
@cupcakesfanficgameslover5792
@cupcakesfanficgameslover5792 2 жыл бұрын
Don't get me wrong I would love to be a housewife. But work just exploits you and even if I can't work because I'm disabled everyone one that isn't rich is paying for higher prices for goods and that just sucks. It's hard for us as it is without them meddling
@furiousdestroyah9999
@furiousdestroyah9999 Жыл бұрын
Lying flat and letting it rot are definitely the way to go. If the rich don't feel like treating their employees as human beings then they can just do their work by themselves
@zlpatriot11
@zlpatriot11 2 жыл бұрын
The really sad part is that the modern employer here in the US is that they would rather fire you than pay you. We are living in the second guilded age as this has been decades in the making.
@Erintii
@Erintii 2 жыл бұрын
I am European who lived more than five years in Canada and went back to Europe. This video reminds me once again why this was the best decision on my life. Obviously Europe is not perfect but still going to the doctor will not ruin most of us.
@Mysot057
@Mysot057 Жыл бұрын
We have free healthcare in Canada? The only thing you pay for is prescriptions?
@inventor121
@inventor121 Жыл бұрын
@@Mysot057 Europeans have government owned drug labs so they can manufacture their own generics, not just do bulk buys, Canada had this at one point but the Harper Government sold off all of the government drug labs to private entities and the price of generics nearly doubled. I have severe migraines and I need to take medication for them. In the USA my medication would cost anywhere between 100-120 dollars (CAD) per PILL In Canada it costs 15 dollars (CAD) per pill In Europe it 7.83 dollars (CAD) per pill This medication isn't covered under any private health insurance policy except for ones reaching into thousands of dollars per month. I get seasonal migraines so usually end up taking 10-12 pills during each season change so anywhere between 20-24 pills per year. In the US I would be spending 2000-2880 dollars per year In Canada I spend 300-360 dollars per year In Europe I would spend 157.6 - 187.9 dollars per year prescriptions can get massively expensive, so can dental and eye care.
@Erintii
@Erintii Жыл бұрын
@@Mysot057 I know, I was meaning US system. Canadian system is better as there is universal healthcare. But still prefer Europe, but Canada is better than the US.
@jasonhondakker9231
@jasonhondakker9231 Жыл бұрын
@@Erintii Weirdly written comment…
@english_5359
@english_5359 Жыл бұрын
@@Erintiithe system in the US is a joke. No paid vacation by law, no universal health care and crazy cost of housing.
@JohnSmith-vm8rx
@JohnSmith-vm8rx 2 жыл бұрын
I find it amazing that during the industrial revolution we fought for an 8hr work day to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses.(I.e. to stop having 10 - 16 hr workdays). Got those 8 hr workdays were people only had to work one job and no longer had to work in excess and be abused. Fast forward to today. We have 4-8hr workdays per job *2-3jobs=back to 10 -16 hr workdays.
@AxenfonKlatismrek
@AxenfonKlatismrek 2 жыл бұрын
America needs a revolution, and i dont mean riots or some protest, i mean setting up Guillotines in front of Wall Street and White house, where lines of politicians, upper class bureaucrats and rich corporates are waiting to be beheaded
@Z3t487
@Z3t487 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so mad and sad at the same time reading of people required to work 80-100 hours per week: with 100 hours of work/week and 7 hours/sleep per day, you are left with like 30 minutes of freetime per day. I removed the time i think you need for hygiene, making and eating food as well. This is literally "living to work" and not "working to live".
@mrbyzantine0528
@mrbyzantine0528 2 жыл бұрын
@@AxenfonKlatismrek You need to have a positive foundation and invested leaders for such an act, and do everything required to prevent it from becoming a tyranny of the masses like the French Revolution.
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
Dedicate yourself. Do something with all of your focus for 100hrs/week and do it for 15-20 years, see where that gets you. It gets you in a position where after those 20 years you get to choose if you want to work or not for the rest of your life. But instead it seems most people rather half-ass it, complain, waste time and after 50 years they end up nowhere.
@7mriwantlightning710
@7mriwantlightning710 2 жыл бұрын
I work 11 hours 5 days a week but they take off 2 hours on 1 day like that really matters and I get 7.25$ an hour
@galaxywolf4895
@galaxywolf4895 2 жыл бұрын
We are in a race to the bottom. When the CEO of the company I work for makes more in a day than I make in year, something is wrong.
@nicolasinvernizzi6140
@nicolasinvernizzi6140 2 жыл бұрын
of course, its because he works 365 times harder than you =P
@gavinisdie
@gavinisdie 2 жыл бұрын
It's because he's in need, those poor, poor, poor, billionaires have too much money, so they need money, and that person down the street living in a shack working 16 hours for like 7.25 hr is a fucking Communist scum because they had the AUDACITY to need something
@supremecaffeine2633
@supremecaffeine2633 2 жыл бұрын
@@gavinisdie The majority of money in investments. The land and everything built on it is what costs billions. If cash was just sitting in a vault it would go to waste.
@johnmaco
@johnmaco 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolasinvernizzi6140 No. Most bottom jobs work way harder than upper positions. Bosses just check numbers and attend to meetings (to check more numbers). That's all. They don't do the hard job. They don't package things, flip burgers or take calls from customers. They are more paid for doing less, and pay less to those who do more. Just to avoid doing the hard thing themselves.
@Justwantahover
@Justwantahover 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnmaco Bosses don't even have to work, just pay others to do it. There is no reason why they should do any work but enjoy their profits. But paying the workers a decent wages and looking after them is something they SHOULD be doing.
@KevStormJ
@KevStormJ Жыл бұрын
What grinds my gears is how much hard work and dedication a low-level worker can put into a job to have it defenestrated at the whim of some no-nothing mid-level, or high-level, manager / supervisor / executive. I've seen people, myself included, put hours of our blood, sweat, and tears, using their specialized knowledge and education, into a project to make it the impactful and effective. Then have a boss exemplify the Dunning-Kruger effect and trash the work because they are confident they know better. Or they take the most wasteful approach to solving a problem, despite hiring teams of specialists whose job it is to find the most economically viable solution. I'm not against work because I'm lazy or I just want to be in control. I'm against the current condition of work because I don't want my, or others' work, being trashed by arrogant "leaders" or those trying to protect their little workplace fiefdoms through inefficiencies and waste.
@willverschneider1102
@willverschneider1102 2 жыл бұрын
On a related note, I'd like to see a video about the job search process. For years, I've talked about how unnecessarily complicated and demoralizing it is, yet people around me claim it's normal and that I should stop complaining.
@janetpaskalov2094
@janetpaskalov2094 Жыл бұрын
This is a great point because I’ve seen how nowadays they make you write everything online and renter all your application information because they don’t give a shit to read info about you as a person more so quick bullet points, “oh no experience?, bye” not only that but on average it takes longer to get hired, more and more jobs I sign up for are incredibly slow to respond as they wait for the “best applicant”
@AGirlofYesterday
@AGirlofYesterday Жыл бұрын
No, you're right. It is a needlessly complicated and truly unfair process these days, whereby the ones who need the job least (and are just corrupt or lucky enough to manipulate the system in their favor) are often the only ones who get tapped to interview. Meanwhile, dozens if not hundreds of qualified applicants spend hours filling in a lifetime's worth of employment and background information on forms that apparently get submitted to a black hole somewhere in the galaxy, never to be seen again. And today, with everything done online, you often get the added frustration of not being able to contact the employer to follow up on your application. Actual human communication is impossible. I'm not even that old, but I'm old enough to remember it didn't used to be this hard. It did NOT. Don't let anyone convince you that it did. It's not "whining" or "complaining" to observe when a system becomes almost impossible for an honest, smart, hardworking person to navigate. It should be called out.
@janetpaskalov2094
@janetpaskalov2094 Жыл бұрын
@@francismarion6400 what’s normal ?
@janetpaskalov2094
@janetpaskalov2094 Жыл бұрын
@@AGirlofYesterday I totally agree with you. Many people who I know who ended up even landing a spot in good companies had connections/ a family member in the job/sector etc. Even my own friend tried getting me in a social service job on the premises that I could get hired in without previous social service experience because they had an aunt who worked as a case manager worker. That went to crap when they lied about the pay and took it off when it came time for my second interview, why a second interview? After a 40 minute one? I don’t know. Also it is classist the system nowadays. Oh you want a job? Have a smartphone and computer for signing up and contact, even though often times people are trying to get those jobs to afford one? Not to mention how many of those applicants were talking about are thrown out deliberately by companies so that way they can have tax write offs for “providing jobs” by going “see! Look at how many hiring opportunities we provide to the state etc” it’s all bullshit. I grew up in a conservative family who would say my complaints are just being upset with the way things are, that they’re normal, if that’s normal then maybe I’d prefer weird. But yeah thank you, I don’t doubt myself for a second. As vaush as once said on a stream, I’m lucky I have a high self esteem.
@AGirlofYesterday
@AGirlofYesterday Жыл бұрын
@@janetpaskalov2094 Oh if you have high self esteem, that's the problem! They don't WANT self-confident employees. They want groveling, apologetic subservients that they can push around and overwork, and who will never complain, just take orders and be grateful for the crumbs they throw you. Unless it's a high level job, then you have to be so wealthy, elite, and connected you don't really need the job. If you have dignity but no wealth or major connections (like me), you're screwed.
@georgekostaras
@georgekostaras 2 жыл бұрын
As downer as these videos are, they bring me a sense of catharsis and pushed me to start talking about unions to my coworkers
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj 2 жыл бұрын
Please sir, please, higher wages? Higher wages sir? Why must we be slaves to the mercy of Capitalists? Those who own the forces of production and employ wage labor. Dude, if enough of us support the cause and arm ourselves what the hell are the capitalist army going to do against millions of its own citizens when they couldn’t beat impoverished farmers in Vietnam and village men in Afghanistan?? Meet the demands or get fucked.
@deusola911
@deusola911 2 жыл бұрын
Be careful not to get fired Good luck!
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj
@JoseRodriguez-pn8yj 2 жыл бұрын
@@deusola911 He might become part of the reserve army of labor :/
@georgekostaras
@georgekostaras 2 жыл бұрын
@@Darthdesmond saying that things were worse in the past is no reason we shouldn’t work to make a better future now
@georgekostaras
@georgekostaras 2 жыл бұрын
@@deusola911 thank you, I'm trying to keep my head down, but the process has to start somewhere.
@Sta_cotto
@Sta_cotto 2 жыл бұрын
"The delusion of infinite growth", there's a phrase I've been saying since I was in high school; over a decade ago.
@curiousone6435
@curiousone6435 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, in other fields of study, that's called cancer!
@obsoleteoptics
@obsoleteoptics 2 жыл бұрын
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." - Edward Abbey
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
You should take the time to look into why growth is such a necessity. It's not rocket science, and it's eye-opening.
@CHEBCAEI.F
@CHEBCAEI.F 2 жыл бұрын
They will grow until they become the very parasites they claim to be against
@ankansenapati3600
@ankansenapati3600 2 жыл бұрын
Be A Entrepreneur if you want infinite growth.
@stephenwilliams163
@stephenwilliams163 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Graeber quote, "If there was ever a sign that an economy is organized very stupidly its that the prospect of no one having to do manual labor is seen as a bad thing."
@TwattyWankers
@TwattyWankers 4 ай бұрын
What…
@christipof5934
@christipof5934 2 жыл бұрын
The one thing that keeps me happy when I hear this is that I know when I die there will be people who love me but for the super rich when they die they will die alone and anybody who claimed to love them will just be waiting to collect their will..
@adsffdaaf4170
@adsffdaaf4170 10 ай бұрын
Bruh, that may be true for some, but you want to be free of resentment
@christipof5934
@christipof5934 10 ай бұрын
@@adsffdaaf4170 I don’t resent this people but I think if anyone is going to hell it’s them
@1Dimee
@1Dimee 2 жыл бұрын
BS Jobs Linkedin profiles be like: "I am SO passionate about search engine optimization"
@darkbrightnorth
@darkbrightnorth 2 жыл бұрын
The funny and most sad thing about the whole system is, there are probably are millions who want to do that, but their passions are being replaced with wage robots, and that discredits their whole passion. There is probably some one who wants to start a new fast food chain, one much better and healthier than the big ones, but the rep that the big ones have discredits that idea. Even in more comfortable and equal places like Canada and The Nordic countries this problem continues, although less, because people have to pretend to like someone else’s passion in order to succeed in life, rather than all people doing their own passion and only the few without going to whatever job is open. The only people winning are the billionaires who seemed to get rid of their passions long ago for the shake of their own wealth.
@alexbarcovsky4319
@alexbarcovsky4319 2 жыл бұрын
@@darkbrightnorth I find it hard to believe that someone is actually passionate about SEO, PPC or alike. Its an easy way for analytical minds to earn some money, but beyond that, nah. There is no passion there. I worked in this exact field and I have never met a person who is truly passionate about it. They might act as such for various reasons, but thats bout it. Deep down, I always knew that tinkering with online advertising tools brings zero value to society, just took me some time to realize it (sounds kinda funny in hindsight). The main motivator of why people do these types of jobs is "I am pretty smart and good with numbers, I just need to study about this for a few weeks and Im likely to get an entry job in the field, half a year in, I will get a mid position if I work hard enough and a few years down the line, Ill be a senior in a big agency earning decent money." I know this is an anecdotal argument, and thus pretty weak, but from all Ive gathered by talking with numerous people from the field, thats about where I stand.
@FutureBusinessTech
@FutureBusinessTech 2 жыл бұрын
​@@alexbarcovsky4319 You are so correct about this. And some people go so far into the rabbit hole of pursuing passionless work that they probably forget how it feels to be "excited" about anything that's not corporate or career-related.
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
@@alexbarcovsky4319 I think it's not about being passionate about the task or the day-to-day, but rather the big picture it enables. For example doing analytical work, furthering your knowledge of how the world works through your analysis. You may hate the actual tasks but enjoy being able to solve puzzles. At least that's how it is for me.
@Rhaegar19
@Rhaegar19 2 жыл бұрын
But isn't search engine optimization actually useful? Or are you talking about optimizing websites so they show up in more searches?
@talaverajr391
@talaverajr391 2 жыл бұрын
I come from a native community (In Mexico), and I think many times of how my ancestors used to live. They lived off of the land and spent time with family. They definitely lived happier in their communities. Now I see my life and I see myself as a slave to a biased system. I wish I could live like my ancestors.
@WillmobilePlus
@WillmobilePlus 2 жыл бұрын
>They lived off of the land Dude, you think YOU are going to do what it took to "live off the land" like they did? I d@mn well doubt that the way many of you chafe at working retail jobs.
@daggerthedragon1582
@daggerthedragon1582 2 жыл бұрын
It's sad that it has been made illegal to live off of the land.
@chavonjames8941
@chavonjames8941 2 жыл бұрын
@@WillmobilePlus it's really not that hard, communities are essentially the original networkers. I'm a water quality specialist and I may not have have the best plumbing knowledge, however if I say find someone that can build and understand a bit of HVAC which has many regulations, then someone that is good in communications and economics, and then possibly someone good at basic farming, then maybe a Baker to bake daily bread as a gift from the lord, someone that's into art history and culture (everyone has a different culture to bring) it would literally be easy as pie to live off a big open land with what everyone can bring to the table tbh.
@xxxdieselyyy2
@xxxdieselyyy2 2 жыл бұрын
I hope to God ur ancestors were Mixica tribe. If they belonged to a tribe that got in the way of an Aztec expansion campaign - ub OH. Tenojticlan was built off slave labor of non Mixica tribesmen.
@coolioso808
@coolioso808 2 жыл бұрын
We can live like that again, but we have to amass enough of a movement of people that the ruling elites of the monetary-system cannot ignore our voice. What our ancestors lived like for thousands of years was egalitarian communities without money or markets. We lived successfully like that for over 90% of human history. Then we settled into communities, developed agriculture and that set off the need for trade, and then dominance, resource wars and oppression through labor. But we live in the 21st Century now with advancing technology. We have the technical capacity to meet all human needs locally and sustainably without money or markets. We just don't have an economy that incentivizes or allows for that by its structure. The current market economy is unsustainable. We need a revolution and transition to a resource-based economy (like our ancestors lived). How could we do that? Demand a global Universal Basic Income as a human right for all people to meet their basic needs without labor-for-income. That can start the transition to a moneyless society, because we need to take the boot off the throat of so many people overworked and/or overstressed that can't help a revolution unless they have their basic needs met.
@ghostburgers4284
@ghostburgers4284 2 жыл бұрын
I remember an old friend was trying to get a job and was struggling. I told him “do you really think there are more jobs than people?” And ever since he knew none of this was his fault and that our country is trash.
@samysimpson8929
@samysimpson8929 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a super important point he brought up, millions of people in America can only earn a living wage by working for more hours than they see their families, leaving them too exhausted and to make meaningful change to issues like inequality corruption and climate change.
@connorkimball5431
@connorkimball5431 2 жыл бұрын
I have to tell my parents constantly that getting a minimum wage job today provides you with nothing. You are literally gate kept out of renting apartments, financing a car, getting a loan on a house, etc. The minimum wage needs to be atleast 25 dollars for us to live with decency, and it's never going to be provided to us any time soon.
@guyfauks2576
@guyfauks2576 2 жыл бұрын
@@GenerationX1984 lol no he isn't. By the time we even get 15 it'd be past his terms and that would be just as shitty as 7.25
@remco6816
@remco6816 2 жыл бұрын
Higher minimum wage also increase costs of products unless you are able to decrease cost somewhere els. So getting more money will mean paying more. See countries with great wages like Norway or Zwitserland for a foreigner its expensive to buy food or a living place in these countries.
@filthyshoggoth
@filthyshoggoth 2 жыл бұрын
@@GenerationX1984 No he isn't. Liberals believe some stupid shit. Wage was only in that bill for Dems to offer it up on the altar of 'we-kiss-right-wing-wass-for-unity". Sometimes I think Bernie Sanders might be an actual idiot for engaging establishment dems on good faith to begin with.
@kennykenevil57
@kennykenevil57 2 жыл бұрын
@@remco6816 "for a foreigner" exactly.......how are the Swiss people fairing?
@remco6816
@remco6816 2 жыл бұрын
@@kennykenevil57 the rest of the world is cheap 😄. But Americans rarely leave their countries.
@theisgood0
@theisgood0 2 жыл бұрын
My company makes wood vents. Literally for rich people. We use over 25 species of wood. Lots of it gets wasted LOTS. You would not wanna know how pointless it feels making these vents sometimes. It’s funny my boss the other day told me if could take less bathroom breaks and less water breaks, I’d have more time to make them more money and they can end up paying me more. Made me sick hearing that.
@Dong_Harvey
@Dong_Harvey 2 жыл бұрын
Tell him he could do his job with less brain cells, see if he figures that out.
@wesama6073
@wesama6073 2 жыл бұрын
You'll never see a penny of the money you make them that's more than the absolute minimum they have to pay you no matter how hard you work working hard is a fool's errand when you're a wage slave
@MrDarkOptik
@MrDarkOptik 2 жыл бұрын
@@WhiteFang111 "but then everyone will have one and not buy mines anymore!" these mfs make me sick to the core 🤦🏽
@Yandel21ableify
@Yandel21ableify 2 жыл бұрын
We only come to this world to serve the rich.
@jingbot1071
@jingbot1071 2 жыл бұрын
Tell him if he takes fewer bonuses and a pay cut, you could do the same thing.
@nathanthompson6050
@nathanthompson6050 2 жыл бұрын
In 2007 in my last semester in college we had a speaker come in to the practicum class to inform us that our major was only good for a minimum wage job without a realistic chance of advancement. Videos like this help really put the absurdity of that event into perspective for me.
@NaszriteSin
@NaszriteSin 2 жыл бұрын
I gave up working a couple years ago when the pandemic hit cuz I kept getting jobs that benefitted the owners, and the owners were brutal to their employees. Been focusing more on what makes me happy as opposed to selling my soul to a soulless system.
@armyofninjas9055
@armyofninjas9055 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing "The Great Resignation" gives me hope.
@au9parsec
@au9parsec 2 жыл бұрын
Army of samurai
@ittadakimaho
@ittadakimaho 2 жыл бұрын
totally agree, though the people on the resignation side face super hardships .. :(
@darthbrandon2149
@darthbrandon2149 2 жыл бұрын
COUNT ME IN! I quit my job with a Fortune 500 at the end of last year. It was not the first Fortune 500 I have worked for. Basically all the same. They put a carrot on a stick. They dangle the carrot in front of me. When I finally reach the end of the stick, I always find the same thing. More stick.
@adampkalb
@adampkalb 2 жыл бұрын
@@darthbrandon2149 That is awful! You worked too hard for that carrot. I hate it when people trick you with a reward you never get just because they have that power to torture you. 😭 It is a depressing game you can not win. It is even worse when they can ignore worker's rights and get away with it.
@darthbrandon2149
@darthbrandon2149 2 жыл бұрын
@@adampkalb No worries. Life can be tough. I got through it and did better for myself.
@daniellingenfelter7886
@daniellingenfelter7886 2 жыл бұрын
Working most jobs these days also kills your creativity. I used to be a very creative person in high school/college, but now feel that its a skill that I've almost lost. I'm somewhat terrified of the thought of retirement as I have no idea what I'd want to do with it.
@aliceh5289
@aliceh5289 2 жыл бұрын
Same, I hate that I can't write anymore. I used to write so much in high school. It sort of faded out in college, and now I just don't have the inspiration or willpower to make the time for it.
@07Flash11MRC
@07Flash11MRC 2 жыл бұрын
If capitalism continues destroying humanity and the planet at this rate, you won't have to worry about retirement. :-)
@methos-ey9nf
@methos-ey9nf 2 жыл бұрын
You're actually able to retire!?!
@07Flash11MRC
@07Flash11MRC 2 жыл бұрын
@@methos-ey9nf God, no... I'm not even hoping for a retirement anymore. The planet will go to sh!t due to climate change and there are too many people on the planet already for anything to stabilize the environment. Earth can't handle more than 4 billion people with the lifestyle of the civilised western world...
@07Flash11MRC
@07Flash11MRC 2 жыл бұрын
@@kenos911 "amount of funding against climate change": I know. It's been happening since the 60ies.. "Even China knows that they can’t make money if their people are all dead!": I'm not sure what you are trying to tell me here... Is China lookinhg for ways to reduce their emissions? "we aren’t gonna die in 30 years man": Well, most millenials and all gen z won't retire in 30 years either... So we're pretty f'd xD
@TwattyWankers
@TwattyWankers 4 ай бұрын
What’s terrible is that most times college only gets you into debt. Debt that’s irreversible and inescapable, even by filing bankruptcy. Modern slavery.
@dion789
@dion789 Жыл бұрын
I used to work at a company like this and suddenly got lots of great offers when I said I was leaving. Thankfully the company I work for now treats its employees with respect and provides good salaries. And I get to do work that makes the world a little bit better instead of worse.
@crystalfullerton3908
@crystalfullerton3908 2 жыл бұрын
It's so sad that people are being brainwashed to think that jobs that provide an actual service and meet an actual need are not jobs worth having and that you should find "a better job". It's incredibly twisted af.
@noahremnek3615
@noahremnek3615 2 жыл бұрын
So if jobs don’t provide a service then why do employers hire? They just hire for no reason.
@crystalfullerton3908
@crystalfullerton3908 2 жыл бұрын
@@noahremnek3615 the video covers that
@jonbob732
@jonbob732 2 жыл бұрын
@@noahremnek3615 Exploitation and control. Read about the dark triad. White collar workers are the bosses' pets. Stuck in cages. Show pieces. Doing whatever pleases them to get fed. Blue collar are the deer, donkeys and horses who pull the carriage. Everyone wants to be free but under this model of exploitation, only those in power are.
@TuEIite
@TuEIite 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone gets to define what is "worth" it to them. If you get into 300k debt to pursue a medicine degree than yes it's probably not worth it to instead go into the basic services industry...
@noahremnek3615
@noahremnek3615 2 жыл бұрын
@@jonbob732 If the workers are being exploited why don’t they leave?! Their employer isn’t the only employer out there.
@129das
@129das 2 жыл бұрын
The question isn't whether this is right or wrong the question is "can you even disagree?"
@WorldGovernmentGeoInstitut
@WorldGovernmentGeoInstitut 2 жыл бұрын
@Michael Baggett Appeal to nature.
@josephhoward4697
@josephhoward4697 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but then I would have to make a long-winded video. No thanks.
@broundothisrightneow
@broundothisrightneow 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmaughan4798 but you would be wrong
@stevonwhite8933
@stevonwhite8933 2 жыл бұрын
@@broundothisrightneow that dude is a known simp to his overlords…
@ShepardCZ
@ShepardCZ 2 жыл бұрын
Well, it is normal for marxists to not accept disagreement and sending people who disagree to gulags or straight up murdering them.
@maizeblu2099
@maizeblu2099 Жыл бұрын
I think that working should be a choice. Things such as food, water and shelter should either cost very little or be provided by the government and any money earned working can be used for entertainment. I'd like to do things like hike the Appalachian trail in the United States, travel the world in order to admire architecture, nature and to try as many different foods as I can. Those are things I cannot do while working a minimum wage job (Here it's like $13 Canadian, for a little context), being forced to pay $800 in rent, $240 in gas per month so I can get to and from work everyday (my bf drives me) and paying 100-200 for food that is increasingly rising in price. I am one of those people who feels trapped by a system which only works for those at the top. I don't want to 'survive', I want to 'live'!
@UmbreonMoonlight
@UmbreonMoonlight 9 ай бұрын
I always thought everyone should get the bare minimum each month for food gas and shelter you eat though you monthly food Givin by the government you gotta buy it your don't like the bread kind they give fo r free buy it yourself this way no one is hungry or homeless aleast
@michaelplant3036
@michaelplant3036 Жыл бұрын
working at a bank is a terrible experience the wages are about the same as fast food for Frontline personnel and the risk of robbery and lack of security makes my experience in banking a horrifying and disheartening experience
@Stormborn_717
@Stormborn_717 2 жыл бұрын
A Mad Dog once said, "You're only as good as the world allows you to be."
@joe2k20
@joe2k20 2 жыл бұрын
wow you're so edgy quoting the joker. probably the only type of philosophy youve looked into
@happypt2929
@happypt2929 2 жыл бұрын
wouldn't that be communism tho? Capitalism as all the tools for you to rise, can't say the same about communism, both in theory and in practice.
@Miguel-jr3gb
@Miguel-jr3gb 2 жыл бұрын
@@happypt2929 In communism you dont need to "rise" bacause "rise" in the capitalism mean explote someone to gain mony, in comunism the worker state give you a house, a pay, education and a job, and yes, this is soo simplified.
@oanonimogreg6487
@oanonimogreg6487 2 жыл бұрын
@@happypt2929 no, you're just some brainwashed reactionary who doesn't understand communism
@missk1697
@missk1697 2 жыл бұрын
@@joe2k20 Pretty sure Joker's philosophy is at least partially based on Stirner's one, and he inspired plenty of modern philosophers. Besides, you just threw a pathetic insult like some 10-year old without actually refuting his point. Gj.
@hellNo116
@hellNo116 2 жыл бұрын
Me growing up: I will dedicated my life into the betterment of others, through my skills in math and physics, since I can offer solution for common problems we encounter in our lives. Me almost finishing college: I should never deliver a complete product to my client so I can make them pay me at least twice, since this is what my professors told me. Guys no joke those are words coming out of the mouth of engineer professors. And the worse part is you better follow this most of the time otherwise you are offering free labor to your boss.... I don't want to be inefficient, but if I don't I work more for the same payment. This is absurd. And I am in the lucky ones. This utterly stupid
@happypt2929
@happypt2929 2 жыл бұрын
If you deliver a competent product to people, you will literally starve them to death, ever heard of the great depression? A lot of you people, have these great unseen solutions to problems , but you are just ignorant children that think the solution for our problems is as basic as you own will.
@comradecordell4856
@comradecordell4856 2 жыл бұрын
@@happypt2929 This just sounds like even more reason to move past capitalism if it's convinced you that delivering a competent product is a bad thing.
@thepsychocyborg9278
@thepsychocyborg9278 2 жыл бұрын
@@happypt2929 The fact that a competent, fully functioning product is a bad thing under capitalism is all the more reasoning for us to destroy it, and move on to a new system of allocation.
@joshuamorgan3387
@joshuamorgan3387 2 жыл бұрын
@@happypt2929 you literally just proved why capitalism is a failure as a system of allocation.
@happypt2929
@happypt2929 2 жыл бұрын
@@thepsychocyborg9278If america was communist everyone would still be using a blackberry, worse actually, as there would be no incentive to build better technology ,extremely expensive technology, if not everyone could own it. If you think communism would just resolve the problem of supply and demand your very , very wrong, A factory producing a product so good no one would buy it anymore would just eventually close under capitalism or under communism. Communism cant solve these problems.
@hannahwhite7227
@hannahwhite7227 2 жыл бұрын
Over the course of the pandemic I’ve become both antiwork and post-secondary education (just for myself not for everyone else). I was attending college and working in grocery retail at the start of everything. My job required employees to work 10-14 hour days and only offered hazard pay for two months before revoking it for everyone because the company “couldn’t afford it”. At first we had a lot of people worked for the company I was at, but overtime the numbers decreased when everything opened back up. Due to a decrease in workers the workload increased to accommodate for this, but again workers weren’t compensated for it even though many were still working those long hours due to high shopping demands from customers. With the combination of low wages, impossible to meet expectations, rude customers, and bad management it made working for that company terrible (even though I worked their for 6 years and had no issues before hand). I ended up leaving that job because of poor work conditions and mentally abusive management. While that was all going on my college professors moved to online teaching. Either many of them weren’t trained on online teaching or they refused to learn how to (had plenty of old fashioned professors). Because everyone was at home (or so they thought) they tripled the work load for everyone. Many had lost their jobs, and others I had classes with didn’t work at all (nothing wrong with that). It was assumed that everyone wasn’t working at the time, but luckily I was able to talk to professors privately and had some accommodations because of the situation. Eventually when the new semester came I noticed that my professors got even lazier than they were before. Essentially they (the ones I had at least) didn’t have any lesson plans and instead told us to read from the textbook and we’d take a test on it or write papers instead of teaching it themselves. I got fed up that I was paying tuition to be taught in a way by professors in a manner that I could teach myself, so I decided to drop out. I may eventually go back to college, but for now I’d rather work on my personal development and acquiring new skills on my own that’ll actually help me pursue the kind of work that I want to do.
@asurlybarber3620
@asurlybarber3620 2 жыл бұрын
I'm lucky enough to be able to work 7 hours a day, 4 days a week. And I'm assertive enough to say "no" to extra shifts if I don't feel like doing them. But that's at my current job, I have definitely suffered through plenty of soul-crushing drudgery through the years. Never again.
@filipwolffs
@filipwolffs 2 жыл бұрын
Any kind of work should serve some kind of purpose. If the only purpose of work is a justification to shuffle money around, that is a problem.
@firerunner35624
@firerunner35624 2 жыл бұрын
In Junior high, my social studies teacher told us a story. During the great depression, her family was better off than most. When men would come asking to earn a daily paycheck for food for their families, her dad initially tried to simply give them money, but they refused charity. Eventually, he had them move a big mound of dirt from the front yard to the back. I don't think this applies to the complexity of today (nor is any typical worker at fault for the collective choices of the powerful), but when dealing with worshippers of the status quo, sometimes tricks need to be played to get them to help themselves (and each other). Just look at how the trumpists fight unions and healthcare and education and science. Sheesh.
@MaaveMaave
@MaaveMaave 2 жыл бұрын
@@firerunner35624 pride is real. The best option is to make useful busy work (infrastructure, building, etc)
@fartpimpson3843
@fartpimpson3843 2 жыл бұрын
@@MaaveMaave busy work, by definition, is not useful. But yes, the obvious solution right now with infrastructure crumbling everywhere is to pull an FDR new deal and employ the people struggling to find employment. All the companies pretending they're struggling to find workers will have to raise wages or fail
@cenzala22
@cenzala22 2 жыл бұрын
The purpuse is yatchs filled with prostitutes and drugs
@EranHertz
@EranHertz 2 жыл бұрын
In big corporates, 50% of what they do is pointless (internal stuff or failed projects), and 80% of what IS valuable is being done by 20% that are the lowest-paid workers (many times they are "temp" so they have no problem disposing of them after they are done exploiting them). The only skill you need to know in order to be a middle-management is how to suck up.
@maonyksmohc9574
@maonyksmohc9574 2 жыл бұрын
so true, the people who actually do work are paid shit and treated badly while people with bs jobs roll in dough and get celebrated by society, cruel world
@etep878
@etep878 2 жыл бұрын
This is so true. In my former job, we did a lot of "problem solving projects" that took way too much time and implemented no changes to the problems that we were supposedly addressing to solve.
@relvezz6997
@relvezz6997 Жыл бұрын
One of the reasons that Uber, a software company that should have almost no expenses, isn't profitable. They make up things to spend money on and don't need.
@ericad8412
@ericad8412 2 жыл бұрын
This is something our parents don't seem to understand and while im glad they've had a good influx of income I am bound to being dependent based on the price inflations.
@chromegaman
@chromegaman 2 жыл бұрын
I work for a state-level agency in the US (not going into details about where and which in case this is seen by the agency). My job is "essential" enough that we had to continue working in the office for the first part of the pandemic, until several office infection scares forced the state's hand in creating a WFH program. Since then, for the nearly two years we've had it, productivity is up, churn was down, and overall satisfaction with the work was such that people stuck it out through the pandemic's hardest part. Now, the state leaders of our agency want to force a return to office, during the gas price gouging, with no indication of a pay increase to take effect with the new fiscal year. Several older members of the office, who have the bulk of experience and are relied on to do certain high-sensitivity tasks, are now looking to see if they qualify for retirement before the end of year, and several more members of other divisions are jumping ship in order to find opportunities closer to home and/or that pay substantially more. This agency is crucial for the state's poorest members, and losing workers means longer wait times, less robust services, and even endangered lives for critical cases. And our leadership treats the work like a business instead of the government service it should be, meaning they underpay workers, push for overtime, and generally cut back on "unnecessary" expenses wherever possible.
@the_rubbish_bin
@the_rubbish_bin 2 жыл бұрын
All these places, especially retail, I see with "now hiring" and "we are short-staffed" aren't trying to recruit very hard. Most of them are only offering minimum wage ($10/hr here in FL) or just a little over with an unpredictable schedule.
@mikeyorkav4039
@mikeyorkav4039 2 жыл бұрын
Someone in lee county fl documented 60 applications sent out in one month last month....and got 1 interview. The employers are putting out fake job listings so they dont have to pay back their ppp money. Fucking ghouls. I want a bloody revolution
@the_rubbish_bin
@the_rubbish_bin 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeyorkav4039 Here I thought they were just trying to see how thin they can get away with stretching their staff... I didn't think about PPP. The greedy MFs!
@mikeyorkav4039
@mikeyorkav4039 2 жыл бұрын
@@the_rubbish_bin oh that too
@JoaoSantos-ur1gg
@JoaoSantos-ur1gg 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeyorkav4039 That doesn't happen only in the US, though. In my country fake job listings are the norm. And I even saw "news" about companies that had open positions with no candidates. I went to those companies' websites and couldn't find any information about those positions. "Nobody wants to work in non-existent jobs anymore!"
@mikeyorkav4039
@mikeyorkav4039 2 жыл бұрын
@@JoaoSantos-ur1gg western capitalist countries
@jamesnicholascrowson7501
@jamesnicholascrowson7501 2 жыл бұрын
As somebody who fears the future of a having a normal life, this offers a bit of hope with him bringing up this issue.
@EightyFourThousands84000s
@EightyFourThousands84000s 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm also scared but also a bit hopeful. I think the younger generations are more open to socialism. We just need to get the old people out of government. Also, we need to be supporting any socialist running for local government. Grassroots organizing might be the most effective.
@aceclop
@aceclop 2 жыл бұрын
@@EightyFourThousands84000s I'm young and I'm not open to it and I'm actually a little fearful of how you guys wanna bring it about
@saphired02
@saphired02 2 жыл бұрын
@@aceclop don't be afraid. No one wants violence.
@aceclop
@aceclop 2 жыл бұрын
@@saphired02 But even if you don't do it violently it still really makes me fear the future
@EightyFourThousands84000s
@EightyFourThousands84000s 2 жыл бұрын
@@aceclop What about it specifically do you fear?
@brendancredence
@brendancredence Жыл бұрын
I worked in business development for one year and I never felt so useless that one year of my life.
@mancavestudios8955
@mancavestudios8955 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 110% The only criticism one could levy here, however, is that we spent 18 minutes discussing a problem without floating a single solution. Of course, us lefties KNOW what the solution may entail, but to anyone new this is, at best, radicalizing. Where should we put this newfound energy?
@quangle-zi2oz
@quangle-zi2oz 2 жыл бұрын
I say revolution!
@fasthowto
@fasthowto 2 жыл бұрын
@@quangle-zi2oz say when
@456myer
@456myer 11 ай бұрын
Encouraging everyone to become more self sufficient
@ANTH0NY.VII.
@ANTH0NY.VII. 2 жыл бұрын
We're living in a historic point in history and we don't even realize it
@ravenshirwood5201
@ravenshirwood5201 2 жыл бұрын
We always are
@steampunkastronaut7081
@steampunkastronaut7081 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone has this sense of impending doom and dystopia nowadays, but I'm sure this is how people of the past were feeling before revolutions kicked. The world and its politics are a dynamic system, and it will keep changing. I can't wait to see how it turns out in some decades!
@skyty0
@skyty0 2 жыл бұрын
"Whether you're socialist *yet* or not," I love Second Thought lmao
@geriott609
@geriott609 2 жыл бұрын
What a legend, im suprised theres less triggered Capitalists/Conservatives in the comments. Videos like this give me hope that we as a whole will start to change, if we fight for it.
@terwerlive5616
@terwerlive5616 2 жыл бұрын
@@geriott609 no, we still exist. but we have better things to do than reminisce about silly hypothetical systems. we are entitled to the fruit of our labor. it's the basis of capitalism, if you want free things, then idk what to tell you, other than have fun being a parasite.
@geriott609
@geriott609 2 жыл бұрын
@@terwerlive5616 Wow that didnt take long. Have fun being taken advantage of and keep defending your overlords. And all you said is just republican bullshit "yoU wAnT fReE tHings". Sad that Im a teenager and more educated about these things you defend/shittalk. Go read a book instead of Fox News
@danklewis2670
@danklewis2670 2 жыл бұрын
I’m never going to be a socialist, as I’m able to make a lot of money with my skills under capitalism
@skyty0
@skyty0 2 жыл бұрын
@@danklewis2670 Good for you. Most people can't, so while I'm not specifically a socialist, I openly support public and social programs that make sure that people, uh, DONT DIE if they don't make enough money. I figure that's just human decency lol
@douglasjgallup
@douglasjgallup 2 жыл бұрын
Up until a few years ago, I had a government job doing auditing and investigations. It was valuable and worthwhile even though it didn’t pay particularly well. However, it could have easily been done in 20 hours per week for someone working efficiently (as I did). Yet, I still had to show up for all prescribed 40 hours. Eventually, I started taking online classes which I would preload into my iPad. Even then, I got bored. I asked for more work. I figured that if I had to be somewhere for 40 hours, I should at least be occupied, but they had nothing else for me. It became maddening and eventually I left.
@Silverburstnelson
@Silverburstnelson 2 жыл бұрын
God I am sitting here with a racing heartbeat and a feeling of pure catharsis... Thank you so much for this channel, you every single word exactly as I want to say it. You speak truth, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
@babybruce8256
@babybruce8256 2 жыл бұрын
I work for this huge enormous company and when asked about raise in pay due to inflation during a town hall meeting, one of the top guys said we pay based on cost of labor not cost of living. I was seriously disturbed by that
@user-gz4ve8mw9l
@user-gz4ve8mw9l 2 жыл бұрын
You should've quit on the spot during the town hall meeting. They told you what I'd imagine was far to obvious anyway.
@renanfelipedossantos5913
@renanfelipedossantos5913 2 жыл бұрын
So basically the government is subsidizing the living costs your employer does not cover?
@coolioso808
@coolioso808 2 жыл бұрын
Market economics is flawed by design. It essentially makes people just commodities and they are paid based on how hard they are to replace not on how hard they work. We need system change, not tweaks to flawed market capitalist system. System change could come from the people of Earth demanding a UBI as a human right and allowing for a transition of energy systems to renewables, giving people more time for their own health and well-being, and creating more efficient, localized production and distribution systems to meet all human needs for essentially zero cost.
@ma2i485
@ma2i485 2 жыл бұрын
To them your payroll is an expense which reduces their profits. That's why capitalism sucks when you are employee.
@kdhlkjhdlk
@kdhlkjhdlk 2 жыл бұрын
They gonna hire dead people?
@veganarchistcommunist3051
@veganarchistcommunist3051 2 жыл бұрын
Companies are scrambling right now trying to figure out why people are leaving/not applying for jobs. Keep it up. Make them squirm. Assuming you can afford to that is. The company I work for is essentially democratizing parts of our company. They're having us bring issues up and voting on which issues are more important and what we want done about them. Still not a socialist utopia but it's a start.
@spectacularsceptile3879
@spectacularsceptile3879 2 жыл бұрын
Your profile picture and username are making me so happy right now =‘3 same here ❤️ also good luck with your company and i hope they keep drifting in the same direction
@veganarchistcommunist3051
@veganarchistcommunist3051 2 жыл бұрын
@@spectacularsceptile3879 Glad I could make someone happy today.🙂 Thanks for the wishes of luck. Hope you have a wonderful day.
@snazzydrew
@snazzydrew 2 жыл бұрын
Left my job months agoand me and my husband ar just budgetting better and cutting silly spending. I've been using my free time volunteering and getting involved in community mutual aid and dual power organizations. I feel much more fulfilled.
@veganarchistcommunist3051
@veganarchistcommunist3051 2 жыл бұрын
@@snazzydrew That's awesome!
@Ryansarcade9
@Ryansarcade9 2 жыл бұрын
Where do u work, Lyla?
@hifijohn
@hifijohn 2 жыл бұрын
Most bosses are dictators without a country.My first job was as a theater usher one of the lowest jobs out there, theater owners back then were notorious penny pinchers, and we got paid not per hour but per 15 minutes, so if it took us 44 minutes to do clean up after the movie we got paid for 3/4 of an hours worth of work ,not that we were making much to begin with. his favorite thing to do was ask if we wanted to do some extra work helping him around his house, he would pay us in a free lunch.and trust it was hard physical labor. He also hated heating the theater, it was very cold in the winter time and not surprisingly ticket sales dropped to just about zero when the very cold winter months came,sadly he never understood that, the amount he lost in ticket sale was probably more than what it would cost to heat the place.
@F4Effort
@F4Effort 2 жыл бұрын
There isn’t a worker shortage, people are just finally saying No to your laughably low wages for terrible jobs
@robertbrazzell8095
@robertbrazzell8095 2 жыл бұрын
👍
@456myer
@456myer 11 ай бұрын
And unrealistic demands of making your job the center of my world, even if it is “full time” 😒
@ProjectPhysX
@ProjectPhysX 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a world where everyone gets their basic needs covered for free: housing, food, health insurance, internet. In this world people would not go to work because they need to in order to not suffer lack of these very basic needs, but people would go to work because they _want_ to make a difference and fulfill their life.
@joeanthony7759
@joeanthony7759 2 жыл бұрын
That can happen in a Resource-Based Economy
@comradecordell4856
@comradecordell4856 2 жыл бұрын
@@joeanthony7759 All economies are resource based, but what he's talking about is a political system that puts all people first. Making things like food, water and housing a human right.
@mikeymo9363
@mikeymo9363 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a world where we all could fly and shoot laser beams out our eyes 👍 not gonna happen but that would be cool too
@spectacularsceptile3879
@spectacularsceptile3879 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeymo9363 Ok but the world project it’s describing can happen. Let’s fight for it yeah?
@peterchui1964
@peterchui1964 2 жыл бұрын
Internet is NOT a basic need. Surprised that no one commented on that.
@toppersundquist
@toppersundquist 2 жыл бұрын
My hourly charge-out to clients is more than four times more than my hourly wage. Apparently 350% of my pay goes to 'corporate overhead'. I had no idea the flickering fluorescent light above my cubicle cost so much money. Oh, and the constantly-breaking coffee machine in the break room.
@dan44zzt231
@dan44zzt231 2 жыл бұрын
Same, three times for me. Jokes on them though as I do virtually nothing of any value anyway 😂
@johannageisel5390
@johannageisel5390 2 жыл бұрын
I suggest taking the breaking coffee machine into another room than the break room. Maybe it helps.
@PokeMultiverse
@PokeMultiverse 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmaughan4798 And don't forget to save all the receipts so you can write off all those business expenses from your taxes! Social security match? Insurance? hah, that's only for full time and everyone will be getting 35 hours a week, except for the salaried, who can get it, but they'll be expected to pick up the slack and work 55 hours each week.
@noticing_patterns
@noticing_patterns 2 жыл бұрын
@@dan44zzt231 how's the joke on them they are getting all the money and leaving you with the scraps?
@legalfictionnaturalfact3969
@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasmaughan4798 see, the soc sec match and ins and income tax are all scams. remove that socialist garbage along with all the other govt-created barriers to entry, and yeah, anyone really could go out on her own and do better than at a corporation while still charging the customer less.
@KTheStruggler
@KTheStruggler Жыл бұрын
The whole 'nobody wants to hard work anymore' is such BS I was looking for a job, I was willing to do labor and sent out 5-10 applications a day for almost a month. All I got was 2 interviews and a job as a gas statiom clerk. I consider myself incredibly privileged but even with how fucked this system is I can barely afford an a0artment for my family and we can't afford for my wife to work because of how expensive childcare around here is
@albeon_draken
@albeon_draken Жыл бұрын
I've only ever had essential jobs. First in a grocery store, then a utility company, and now a hospital. One thing I've noticed is the people who work all hours and keep things running make barely any money (usually; doctors and nurses are exceptions), and the people who have set hours, get every holiday off, and spend their day doing some vaguely defined "work" behind a desk make a lot more than most other people.
@northuniverse
@northuniverse 11 ай бұрын
Too true, all those office workers get labor day off as well.
@user56804
@user56804 2 жыл бұрын
in my lifetime, i have already seen capitalism fail TWICE. im younger than 25.
@caramelldansen2204
@caramelldansen2204 2 жыл бұрын
Capitalism fails millions of times per day, every day. Please read Marx and Lenin.
@user56804
@user56804 2 жыл бұрын
@@caramelldansen2204 wait no i was agreeing with you lol. what i meant is that such a system that people think is so secure, had fallen apart more than once over such a small timespan
@07Flash11MRC
@07Flash11MRC 2 жыл бұрын
If you're barely older than 20, then you also experienced the dot-com crisis in 2001.
@user-uc3ey8uj1c
@user-uc3ey8uj1c 2 жыл бұрын
*"I have already seen capitalism fail TWICE. im younger than 25."* The shortest and probably the best explanation on why young Americans increasingly prefer socialism. )
@07Flash11MRC
@07Flash11MRC 2 жыл бұрын
@@user-uc3ey8uj1c Not only Americans prefer socialism, but they are the last ones of the first world countries to wake up and realize this.
@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832
@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832 2 жыл бұрын
*Waves hand* You will feed the algorithm
@filipwolffs
@filipwolffs 2 жыл бұрын
The algorithm shall feast.
@nobody8328
@nobody8328 2 жыл бұрын
Canapés, Master Algorithm?
@barockobummer2448
@barockobummer2448 2 жыл бұрын
I will feed the algorithm
@Gangst3r4ever
@Gangst3r4ever 2 жыл бұрын
For the Rebellion!!! Uhhm...I mean....algorithm
@Sanorace
@Sanorace 2 жыл бұрын
All hail the algorithm
@trowwzers5057
@trowwzers5057 2 жыл бұрын
That’s why I don’t work. I used to do 12 hours 6-7days for a few months and the experience was absolutely miserable. I got injured then they canceled my insurance so I had to pay everything out of my wallet. I lost $10k because of that. I also sued them and lost even more money. I spent more money paying for my lawyer, court and hospital bills than I made working for the company. Now I’m on disability and haven’t worked in over a year. I’m back in school to become a software engineer and my mom’s company made it big so I am lucky I now have her financial support.
@denellelloyd1280
@denellelloyd1280 Жыл бұрын
The true problem is people have made people a commodity, no one truly understands what humanity is anymore it's all about the bottom line!. We have scams that people believe they have to have for instance car insurance, health insurance, etc etc but yet how often do you have to fight if you have to file a claim on either one in order for them to cover you? It's all about the bottom line
@pdc4930
@pdc4930 2 жыл бұрын
Personally, I don't feel like my job is meaningless, but I feel like I don't need to be at my desk for an arbitrary 40 hours a week to get the job done but mostly do so to not get in trouble. There are also times when I need to leave my desk to look at something later with fresh eyes, but that's discouraged.
@quangle-zi2oz
@quangle-zi2oz 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story !
@littlestone1541
@littlestone1541 2 жыл бұрын
-"There is no money in the 24th century... Humanity finally moved beyond this obsession with the 'endless accumulation of things'. In the future we work to better ourselves. With the aim of improving our lives and the lives of others." -(Captain Jean-Luc Picard.)
@fatslapper49
@fatslapper49 2 жыл бұрын
Our planet won't be inhabitable for humans in the 24th century at the rate we're going.
@navilluscire2567
@navilluscire2567 2 жыл бұрын
We literally have the technology, the resources, and what time we have left to lay the foundations for a society like star trek's federation of planets right now! And it...makes me fucking depressed and angry that we are enslaved to a system of infinite greed.
@suryanarayan2032
@suryanarayan2032 2 жыл бұрын
@@navilluscire2567 who is to blame? The rich and their cronies(politicians) . A nice French Revolution where the rich are guillotined would be much appreciated
@littlestone1541
@littlestone1541 2 жыл бұрын
@@suryanarayan2032 Agreed comrade
@KainSpada09
@KainSpada09 2 жыл бұрын
@@suryanarayan2032 That could work. Removing the filth and slime that is polluting the planet would free the victims(us) from their greed
@tynekavka9264
@tynekavka9264 Жыл бұрын
Basically everybody in the comments covered the thoughts I had, one thing I wanted to add: Throwing away perfectly good food makes me rage inside. Right now the price food went up 15-50% and I've seen big supermarkets throw away food that's in great condition, either the fruit was barely bruised, or the artificial expiration date on a grain product is over, or they just need to restock. And the worst part is they would often rather throw it away behind special containers where the public cant access, because they know people would rather take that food. It makes me so deeply sad to see food get thrown away, and this is one of the biggest examples of overproduction and waste. Economics says "supply and demand" but that's surface level economics that doesn't take into account our disgusting profit driven masters, if it did many things would be very much affordable.
@brandonburnham7831
@brandonburnham7831 2 жыл бұрын
Should do a video on how finding a job is complex, convoluted and extremely time consuming by design. Designed to prevent a worker at a full time job to have enough time to search for another
@GTAVictor9128
@GTAVictor9128 2 жыл бұрын
"There are only two certainties in life - death and taxes." - Except if you're rich, in which case you can legally dodge taxes and thus pay less in tax than your average worker. And even postponing death itself is also becoming a real possibility for the rich with nanotechnology, so that statement is only a half-truth. It's rather ironic how the richer you are, the less taxes you pay. The secret is to move away from income-based salary into capital gains and store away your wealth in trust funds and holding companies.
@ernie39
@ernie39 2 жыл бұрын
incredibly well-said. it makes me so angry that jobs that are essential and important to basic human care and development are deemed more lowly than bullshit jobs. I just started working at a school and, though our district is better off than some, education as a whole seems to be such an exploitative sub-system for everyone involved. I want this to end, I want to be able to help and care for people without being trapped within the absurd comedy of capitalism
@coolioso808
@coolioso808 2 жыл бұрын
Very good points. I work in education as well, my mom worked in healthcare and my father worked to help conserve nature. All these noble pursuits are relatively under-compensated and often under-supported leading to over-worked and over-stressed people. In these types of fields you might hear a boss or executive say something like "How can we improve the efficiency and quality of our productivity and service WITHOUT spending more money or hiring more people?" Right, so basically, how can we add more stuff to our own plates for no more compensation and be happy about it? That's BS. So I looked into this deeply. Why are we constrained by some made-up concept called money? It isn't connected to the natural world or human health. It's dominating, exploitative and oppressive. So I imagine a world, much like the advanced communities we see today, but I remove ONE factor: Money. And how would that work out? Well, we'd still have the homes we have, we'd still have the electricity, we'd still have the water running, we'd still have the roads there and the schools and the hospitals, etc. But now, if we ask: What can we do to make healthcare or education, for example, better? And the answer is hire more people, then the problem is solved. We hire more people, everybody shares more of the work and each of us have less work and more chance to be effective. But what about maintenance of the things we need for society to function? Well yes, we need people to do that, but wouldn't people pitch in to volunteer their time if they didn't have to work as long? That's what the ethic of volunteering is anyway. I'll help out to make sure the water pumps are working properly for 5 hours a day, 4-days a week if I have support and somebody else will work 6 hours, 3-days a week or whatever is needed. If that would help society run and people would have a decent home to go back to and more time for family, friends and hobbies - then I'm sure many people would be happy to do that.
@Bladeofwar94
@Bladeofwar94 2 жыл бұрын
I stopped going for teaching because I can make double the salary of a starting teacher dealing at a casino. Also the climate around education is scary. Lots of teachers are toxic as hell.
@andreylebedenko1260
@andreylebedenko1260 2 жыл бұрын
In other words, capitalism is based not just on inequality, but also - and in much deeper way - on unfairness. Good luck in getting fair deal in such a sociaty.
@sarahm5872
@sarahm5872 2 жыл бұрын
Dang Second Thought, that was a hell of a good script. You summarized those main points really well and got them across in a understandable and concise manner.
@gerardodelgado1590
@gerardodelgado1590 2 жыл бұрын
Boss makes a dollar, we make dime. So we watch second thought on company time
@LittleRadicalThinker
@LittleRadicalThinker 2 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to see, but capitalism is just the extension of slavery. It’s the weakest form of slavery, with no obvious signs of slaves. Feudalism is a stronger form of slavery, while slavery itself is the worst and inhumane one. All of them just to use people as something can be thrown away.
@tonyjones1560
@tonyjones1560 2 жыл бұрын
Slavery didn't end, it evolved and has such an incredibly effective marketing plan that people compete to wear their chains and will fight to the last round, tooth and nail keep them.
@LittleRadicalThinker
@LittleRadicalThinker 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyjones1560 didn’t I say capitalism is the weakest form of slavery?
@johannageisel5390
@johannageisel5390 2 жыл бұрын
It's actually not hard to see at all. We all know that the capitalist core countries rely on actual slavery in the capitalist periphery countries, like some in SW Asia (mostly for textiles), Africa (cocoa) and probably more in other parts of the world.
@LittleRadicalThinker
@LittleRadicalThinker 2 жыл бұрын
@@johannageisel5390 Right, exactly. Except you need some exposure to the true evil of capitalism before you can see that.
@tonyjones1560
@tonyjones1560 2 жыл бұрын
@@LittleRadicalThinker Yes, you did👍👍
@TheLeah2344
@TheLeah2344 2 жыл бұрын
My job is definitely not hard but I don’t like what I do as a Benefits Specialist at CVS because often times patients don’t receive their prescription due to them no longer having insurance or the doctor not responding to a Prior Authorization. It makes me feel guilty when I sent them an email and text letting them know their PA was delayed or it was denied. Yet my manager sees us as nothing but numbers. As long as we meet the quota, it doesn’t matter if the patient didn’t receive their medication. I only enjoy making jewelry. I really hope my online business one day makes more than my job so I can quit a job that doesn’t care about anyone and just wants to make money. 😞
@leebennett1821
@leebennett1821 2 жыл бұрын
Actually my Job Doesn't suck I work in a Day centre for Adults with disabilities and older People what sucks is there is little investment and many of the adults have learning difficulties some have the minds of Children and it's difficult to find meaningful things they can engage in I used to be a Welder which doesn't really Prepare you for kind of work but we make it work the best we can
@geraldinegranger9186
@geraldinegranger9186 2 жыл бұрын
Work should be the joyful retiring of one’s gifts for the betterment of the community. How much farther could most of us possibly be from that ideal? Thanks for another video that helps to explain why we need to change to a more humane and logical economic system.
@aerobique
@aerobique 2 жыл бұрын
@Hotovo Done could also be fun, under the different circumstances^ -and like 8 hours a week instead daily.. the focus should always be to *automate* work massively ASAP look into cybernetics, it isnt what basically everyone thinks - and tell the others x
@IpSyCo
@IpSyCo 2 жыл бұрын
@@post-leftluddite Nobody should ever want to work?
@zackfrito7877
@zackfrito7877 2 жыл бұрын
@@IpSyCo If you feel that way, then you did something wrong. People who love their jobs succeed in their fields. I think the main problem with society is they over-prioritize money over passion, when really, there needs to be an equal balance of both, through research of career choices and getting to know yourself better.
@IpSyCo
@IpSyCo 2 жыл бұрын
@@zackfrito7877 Are you blind or do you not understand what a “?” Means?
@thecrazycapmaster
@thecrazycapmaster 11 ай бұрын
@@IpSyCo no one should ever be in a position where they’re FORCED to work or otherwise starve on the side of the street. Whether they WANT to work or not is up to them, though most people will want to work at something. It’s just that, for many folks, that “something” would need them to take time off from work to study up on it, and the majority of people can’t take a week off or they’ll be out on the streets or inescapably headed there.
@Vvoopp
@Vvoopp 2 жыл бұрын
I work as an accountant and this hit a little deep. I constantly work 40-65 hour work weeks and I have feel like shit. My gob isn't meaningful, I have barely anytime to do things that I like, and I'm always demanded to work more. I can't wait to do this for the rest of my life 🙂 I wish I could quit but I can't.
@Yandel21ableify
@Yandel21ableify 2 жыл бұрын
Buy Crypto, Dogecoin and Etherum
@user-uc3ey8uj1c
@user-uc3ey8uj1c 2 жыл бұрын
*"I wish I could quit but I can't."* Quitting capitalism is the only way that makes you able to quit.
@gliiitched
@gliiitched 2 жыл бұрын
Always opt to work for as little time as you can afford. Lie and cheat your way to promotion, and work to educate your coworkers. Yugopnik made an incredible video about it, it’s called a socialist’s guide to surviving capitalism. I believe in you @Voop
@SSchithFoo
@SSchithFoo Жыл бұрын
Even medival peasants worked like 4 to 6 hours max lol. We just keep pushing the bar higher and some can't keep up.
@trumpisaconfirmedcuck5840
@trumpisaconfirmedcuck5840 2 жыл бұрын
I worked my way up, STEM master's degree, relatively well paying job in my field, lots of vacation time, been doing it for over a decade and I still want to shoot myself in the head every work day morning. I hate work.
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