The Brutal Truth About Work...

[@TomScryleus]

*I refuse to die a wage slave! Who is with me?* 🔥My top 3 videos of 2024 (in no particular order)🔥 1. The Harsh Reality of work - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHzLhpiLacp2b8Usi=WZL84xFdJnMeq1NI 2. You Are Not Your Job! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3W0c5V-ntJ6gNksi=-7x8zrMt9HH1pHog 3. The 7 Lies of Work - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWOTeWB_Z6mMotUsi=ffv3mLc-jTg52lR5

[@Iwishtheirwasnopain]

im a bus driver too, maybe your bus driver? who knows, who works 8 hours? my nightmare is 13 hour long shifts, i feel like a soulless zombie..its 4 days a week but doing 50 hours in 4 days is still a nightmare

[@maxstone9999]

But you might die an entrepreneur slave if you suck and go bankrupt from your failed idea. Not everyone has at least 90 IQ.

[@PhewboyLive]

"Life Is Too Short To Not Take Huge Risk, But If You're Going To, You Have To Know That People Will Not Understand You Untill They See The Results 🔥"

[@edlepkowicz4478]

Me!!!

[@johniliakopoulos5404]

👍

[@mkeyx82]

40 hour work week is not about productivity, but about getting us on a schedule, running in circles till the day we perish.

[@kevinvillanueva137]

very true. well said.

[@althunder4269]

It's about control too. The company wants total control over the employees so they can use the workers up, maximum productivity.

[@mkeyx82]

@@althunder4269 I have mixed experience with company top brass actively resisting obvious efficiency improvements (requiring short term investments) that would benefit both the company and the employees. It's like these people are getting high on their own supply (of bullshit). They get invested into something and then just keep flooring it.

[@Anonymous-md2qp]

One of the worse things you can do is have kids and keep the schedule running.

[@mkeyx82]

@@Anonymous-md2qp the only way out is by having properly reared children. We need a whole generation of people who's worldviews are not completely poisoned.

[@innertuition7363]

its crazy , ive been to a few funerals as ive reached age 51.. i am amazed how a lot of speeches at funerals always say he/she was a good hard working man/woman... its like being proud to have been an economic debt slave.. glad i played the system most my life..

[@EMan-cu5zo]

My friend just passed a week ago and he just turned 44 a month ago. Way to young but at least he hardly worked that much. To be honest he probably would still be around if he worked more because he just drank himself to death. Sad and I miss him.

[@Jupiterxice]

Never stay loyal to these jobs

[@TomScryleus]

truer words have never been spoken.

[@thirsty3333]

That’s why they want us back in office lol 😂 they want us to have an emotional attachment to ppl that work there

[@Steve-Cap]

“If you don’t build your own dreams, someone will hire you to build theirs”… 🤯

[@TomScryleus]

scary how true that is.. isn't it?

[@MikeRenouf]

Pretty sure this phrase is something Dan Koe said months ago. Not sure if it's his original quote, but there it is.

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

It's unfortunate that not everybody can be born into immense wealth in order to be able to build their dreams 😂

[@lawrup]

​@@TomScryleusisint it the Government who is building there dreams Where do you think our money comes from

[@FactsCountdown]

​@@furiousdestroyah9999 that's why poor class and middle class must stop having kids.

[@shiptj01]

Work is supposed to be enjoyable, but our society has made work torturous.

[@TomScryleus]

yes, there used to be pride in work. a sense of purpose. but somehow society and capitalism sucked the joy out of it.

[@deconstructingnarcissism3062]

Lmaoo who in the hell said that? I hate work just as much as the next guy but enjoyable? Lol

[@RialuCaos]

@@deconstructingnarcissism3062 It is actually satisfying when you create work that has a clear purpose and helps the people around you. When you are working just to make the rich even richer, it is not so satisfying.

[@deconstructingnarcissism3062]

@@RialuCaos yes I agree that is satisfying. But what I was referring to was a corporate job.

[@shiptj01]

@@deconstructingnarcissism3062 Did you read the second half of my comment? Lol

[@DaisyPalai]

People are willing to be slave wage in exchange for a steady income. For 27 years I was a wage slave but as soon as i knew I saved enough I quit the grind. I left my job this September and my anxiety attacks have lessened. I feel blessed.

[@Rexhunterj]

The anxiety never gets to me when I'm gardening for myself. But when I work for someone else, even doing gardening I get that anxiety. I'm fairly sure it's not a mental disorder now but a survival tactic. Get anxious when enriching others, but not yourself.

[@ingenuity1394]

You have just posted non sense. You worked 27 years saved enough and take retirement good for you. But beginners 20-28 years old dont have money we are slaves till we work 27 years just like you. so congratulations you have no escaptled nothing you are just delusional. Nobody tell solution of wage slavery just rants. What we do we do not have captial to start business not enough skils to sell service so yes we are free to starve.

[@vijayaragavan440891]

I am happy for you, but I feel we will not have that money to buy things we want. Any advise?

[@Actias1974]

@@vijayaragavan440891want less.

[@aussiegruber86]

I have had 2 anxiety attacks due to work……edit: 2 Panic Attacks

[@NZTiberius2023]

Even my school reports used to say that I have a problem with authority. At 47 that has not changed. I really struggle with being an employee and having a boss control so much of my life, pay me peanuts, and disrespect me. I hate it. I really really hate it.

[@catdelicacy]

feel you 100 %

[@markharrison7302]

💯

[@David-n2k8h]

👏👏

[@danielbezjak1479]

I'm the same way which is why I can't have a corporate job. Just yesterday a friend's wife was complaining to me about how her boss was giving her a hard time about missing her yearly projections. She was literally off by 0.0015%. Yes you read that right she was 99.9985% percent accurate on her yearly projection and he brought it up as a negative on her performance review. She had to sit there and agree to do better next year. I am not wired that way. There is no way in hell I could sit there and not at the very least come back with some incredibly sarcastic comment or just outright tell the guy to go f himself

[@lucianboar3489]

I'm glad I have a boss that understands I'm at my best when left to work at what is really important, the core of what I do in my position and not be bothered with secondary tasks and part of other reports, filler stuff for him or others. Or admin bs. I've come to have zero tolerance for doing things I don't see as important (or better said, since those are needed too and important in other ways, while having to also do the important stuff no one else would easily do- that mix drives me crazy)

[@TomScryleus]

"I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it." - Morpheus (The Matrix)

[@MrFrobbo]

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.”

[@jackcarpenters3759]

There are people who are not aware of the matrix and they will even defend it if you threaten it.

[@TomScryleus]

"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." Morpheus (The Matrix)

[@CastleKnight7]

If you truly wish to escape the prison planet soul amnesia trap system, do not enter the light, no matter who tries (relatives, friends, religious archetypes, etc) to entice you into it. You are not a body. You have no karma to absolve. You have no sins to repent. You are an immortal spiritual being. That which animates the illusory bioengineered “physical” body.

[@swojnowski8214]

how system dies? by lack of maintenance, so do not touch it, just watch as it crashes ...

[@Spartan-Of-Truth]

@@swojnowski8214Kind of agree with this.

[@Worldofourown2024]

I call it the matrix of the big nothing.

[@daviddickey9832]

If you think about it, the work itself isnt bad, it's always the people that make it bad.

[@TomScryleus]

I mean, its true, and you actually gave me an idea for a future video. The jobs are usually good. and there is honor in most of them. but society and corporation sort of sucked the honor out of most jobs. you know what I mean?

[@lets_see_777]

true, bosses will make your life hell, most of this hustle culture is basically to getting out of this boss - employee relationship cause its kinda humiliating no matter what

[@nashman6154]

I have to say, that is usually the case.

[@shiptj01]

@@TomScryleus Yes.

[@TheDisco672]

Unrealistic expectations! And constant priority shifts

[@redraiderrider3289]

The planet isn't "dying", it's cycling. It will cycle until we are gone and then it will start over.

[@keithakers5871]

And eventually get sucked into the blackhole in the center of this galaxy.

[@Paul-g4e5i]

​@@keithakers5871Lol, yeah right.

[@jamesskinnercouk]

Work was made unwholesome from the industrial revolution. We all just became something to be part of an ugly machine and forced into it because of the inaccessibility to land (here in Britain it was the enclosure act and the privatization of the commons). Before we were artisans and people with the seasons and the land and community mixed in with a deep spiritual connection. Now we are in an empty soulless void of numbers, cheques, and balances. I’ve written a book turned it into a KZbin video called “The Rose Bridge”, it’s all about how we can break out of this and move into a beautiful way of life.

[@titolovely8237]

when i started studying history and i learned most people were property owners and self employed it really made me realize just how utterly divergent our current system is from anything we've experienced in the past.

[@Ajax-t1q]

Yes agree, farmers still work from early morning to late afternoon and weekends and nights if their lambing or calfing .

[@euphoricbliss6699]

Yes I agree 100% there was more self employed people in the past. Every street had a shop, sweet shop, bakery, butchers you name it

[@Ajax-t1q]

@@euphoricbliss6699 agree and all of them amazing people work 10 / 12 hours a day , 6 days a week, mostly with out complaint .

[@Ajax-t1q]

@@euphoricbliss6699 yes agree, the self employed still work 10 to 12 hours a day , 6 days a week.

[@JozefTrubac]

How about a video about people that never question wage slavery. People in the office that don't see anything wrong with the corporate BS. I was always baffled by them.

[@mattb9664]

I work with a bunch like that. The one guy is one of those former football players that's like 6.5' and must weigh 275- he's a big boy. Thinks nothing of putting in all this effort- and he still hasn't gotten anything extra out of it as far as I can tell. Feels so fake when I have to try and make small talk with the guy...

[@timmy-dubs]

Sounds like the HR people

[@lw3427]

Yep, the fake, Stepford Wives type that never let the mask slip. Always agreeing with management, even when they don't make sense.

[@TomScryleus]

sadly, I would say thats most people.

[@innertuition7363]

a lot are NPC'S in this matrix.. soulless beings, no conscious thoughts ever.

[@peterwhitaker71]

I was laid off earlier this year at 53. Now I get to pursue my passion. My passion is not working.

[@resistancepublishing]

It never fails. When I’m at work and I start talking about how much I hate the job, a few coworkers would say that I should be grateful that I have a job and I shouldn’t talk bad about the company. I just shake my head at the fact that these people are all wage slaves and happy

[@TomScryleus]

oh God, that argument "you should be grateful". I hate it so much. and yes, people in general really are just happy wage slaves. I think of that character in the matrix, Cypher. "ignorance is bliss".

[@Worldofourown2024]

They're not your friends so they'll trash talk you to the boss behind your back.

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

When brain rot does it's thing

[@resistancepublishing]

@@TomScryleus yes. I really dislike the “you should be grateful because you’re getting a paycheck” argument. The definition of a contract in the Bible is an agreement between two people who do not trust each other. My coworkers do not know the meaning of the word contract. I signed a contract with my job and I definitely do not trust them.

[@resistancepublishing]

@@Worldofourown2024 I’m very outspoken at work. I trust neither my coworkers nor the company itself. My coworkers already proved to me several times that they will stab me in the back to get on the good side of those in charge or to get promoted for a dollar more

[@esskayaussie286]

Reduce your consumerism to lessen the need to work around the clock. Stop buying all the unnecessary 'stuff', live simply and enjoy more of your own free time away from work.

[@lucianboar3489]

Yes, there's a choice to be made: you want more stuff or more free time. Of course, after a certain point where your more basic needs are covered, either by passive income or a sustainable amount of work, that doesn't drain you. I'd choose consumerism only if it's financed with work I like or I'm passionate about. Otherwise it's not worth it. If I get into something that pays big but is draining, I will choose downgrading.

[@sararatliff7707]

While the advice is sound, let's not ignore our current reality. We are living in a corporate greed crisis. The companies that generate the most profit are doing so through extreme exploitation and price gouging. The base minimum for survival is getting further and further out of reach because gas, food, and housing prices are sky high while workers are being paid less and less. And there's nowhere to run from it! Every single corner of the United States is suffering. Yes, keep an eye on your consumption of cool stuff and live as within your means as possible. Also acknowledge that people need SOME level of fun and comfort in this shitty system, and people will not be fully free until capitalism and the monsters that profit from it die.

[@lucianboar3489]

@@sararatliff7707 socialism is worse. There's only one big greedy monster, and you can't escape it. Trust me, I've lived in a socialist country and you were a slave there. If you want a milder form, that involves a fair bit of capitalism.

[@Volksinformant]

Who knows the dread of Sunday afternoon? I already had this feeling when I was at school. It was sometimes so strong that I couldn't do any activities on Sunday because it was impossible for me to enjoy them on that day. All joy was stifled on Sundays, even when I was at school. It's even worse when you're in work life. When I talk to people I know about this topic, they often get annoyed, sometimes even aggressive. They don't want to hear the word "wage slave". Then I get answers like this: "If you don't want to work, then you have to become homeless, it's as simple as that. What's your problem?" Or: "That's just life, everyone has to go through it, you too."

[@euphoricbliss6699]

Yeah I always hate Sundays for that reason too. I have to go to bed early just to cope lol

[@zvuchko9785]

Sundays have became unbearable. I have never felt worse in my entire life.

[@WageSlave_13]

You're as depressing as Hell to watch. But the reason this is so is because you're right.

[@TomScryleus]

I know... :( its not me, its the topic

[@oldbloke204]

So change your life or even try to appreciate the fact that having a job, a roof over your head, food in your stomach and even some free time puts you way ahead of so many others on this rock.

[@Harambe_]

@@oldbloke204 Terrible toxic positivity mentality. So we should just never improve anything because someone has it worse?

[@oldbloke204]

@@Harambe_ So explain to me how this sort of video on the internet is going to change anything? Only you can change things but whining about it all won't do anything imo. Toxic positivity? Seriously dude? A friend of ours is in the ICU atm with a life threatening illness that came on very quickly and unexpectedly and I'm guessing that they would rather be at work than where they are. I hated working most of the time but I also understood that it was what I had to do to achieve the things I wanted in life.

[@lw3427]

@WageSlave_13, love the username. I like the videos and reading the comments so I know there are others who think and feel the same way about the corporate world. Part of it is the misery loves company mentality, lol.

[@sameershah972]

Well said,there is a woman,who got died due to work pressure,they got her working day and night until she get cardiac arrest.she was working as a chartered accountant.

[@TomScryleus]

geez, thats terrible!

[@sameershah972]

@@TomScryleus yeah and company employer kept discourage her to say,you don't work good to make her work more for the company.

[@lets_see_777]

@@TomScryleus it EY, so called big 4

[@lucianboar3489]

And many others like her, at the same firm, but in other countries, throughout the years..

[@Jaime-eg4eb]

Not only is the loop of work to live to work nonsensical, but also the output of a lot of the work we do is useless. It's like a really bad joke, but it's our lives. That's what happens when your rulers are psychopaths.

[@Harambe_]

So many jobs essentially create useless garbage that goes straight to landfill or pointless luxury items that don't actually have a better function. Even the necessary jobs have useless components of providing services to the useless garbage producers.

[@kosfireandbushcraft]

working is now detached from personal gain. today you can work 40 hours and not get by. you work but you can't sustain yourself. the system is effed.

[@Ajax-t1q]

Maybe you could get into farm work .

[@Jaime-eg4eb]

@@Ajax-t1q maybe I'll try it in the future, but: a) you need a lot of capital to make it viable b) even if it is, one bad swing of the weather and you can go broke There's a reason we are not all farmers

[@Ajax-t1q]

@@Jaime-eg4eb there's plenty of farm owners that need workers, you would get a start within a week.

[@Dan_Campbell]

Thanks, chief. We'll come around eventually. This despair is more universal than many people are willing to admit.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you Dan. Did you like the video?

[@Dan_Campbell]

@@TomScryleus Sure, if ya like being more depressed, it was terrific. I think your vantage point will be taken more seriously in the coming years, as AIs start to change things ; or we start to change things, because they will make suggestions they can prove to be valid. I don't think it's a matter of them just 'taking our jobs'. I think society itself will be transformed so drastically, those jobs won't be necessary anymore. From then, people will look back out of the current box, and clearly see what Wage Slavery did to our minds & spirits.

[@TomScryleus]

Im a huge fan of AI. I see no downside.

[@htee7426]

Living as a wage slave almost broke me - particularly in my last job where I experienced really unpleasant, unprofessional, incompetent management. No one should have to endure this, there should be so much more to life. Thank goodness I was able to walk away. Work to live, ideally for yourself not to line other’s pockets, do not live to work and do not mistake employers and most colleagues for friends.

[@user-pm7ck6ij9s]

"Once i started working my life would be over" this hit hard - I didn't realize when I had finished 11 years of university that I would feel the same way. I was caught in a trap of making money to pay taxes and bills with no escape. Passive income is not truly passive, its a hustle too. So now I opt instead to turn down the noise. I work Monday to Thursday, I leave at 4 pm, take fewer files. The minute I feel rushed I know I am out of balance so I slow down again.I quit spending because if you don't spend it you don't have to earn it. It's still a form of wage slavery but with reduced hours.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you for sharing your experience. It sounds good that you only work 4 days per week. regarding passive income, yes there is some work, I have 8 passive income streams, so I know. But its minimal compared to trading time for money. And thats actually the definition of passive income, passive doesn't mean no work.

[@johnoakley6362]

I started work at 13 years old, it was weekend and school holiday work. On weekends I worked on a street market, assisting the owner of the stall in setting up, and then selling their wares from the market stall. They sold underwear and socks. On school holiday times, I worked for a floor laying company, we laid everything from carpets, to lino, to parque woodblock flooring. I started young because I came from a one parent family, and my mother really needed the money to feed us, us being Mother, younger brother, and myself. At 18 years of age, I joined the British army, I served for 6 years. On coming out of the army, I got a job at a butchers shop, I started as a "Butchers cutter", and worked my way up to being a qualified butcher. At 29 years old, I moved from London to Kent, and changed my job to a 7.5 ton lorry driver, transporting soft drinks. At 30 years old, I joined the London ambulance service, and worked my way up to management level, over the next 30 years. I retired two years ago, I'm now 62 years old. I am now pyshically disabled ,being unable to walk, and live my existence in an electric wheelchair. Like you Tom, I did what I felt I ought to do work wise, and like you, I questioned everything, and could never see the sense in why I needed to work to have some kind of existence. Sure, the money paid for food, paid the rent, and other bills. It was the tax that really upset me, I couldn't see why some faceless entity would come along and claim a sizable portion of the money I earned, without sharing in the labour of obtaining that money. I've subscribed to your channel Tom, and look forward to listening to your future videos, thank you.

[@estan247]

11:29 the video is not over. It’s just getting started. I’ve watched how you have improved your message and videos over the years Tom. Keep having fun.

[@glebrukan1101]

Thanks for your videos man. They remind me that life is more than just office from Monday to Friday . Hello from Russia

[@TomScryleus]

thank you. I really appreciate your kind words. have a great Sunday!

[@TomScryleus]

I hope you like this video.

[@swojnowski8214]

i do not watch your vids, nor others on YT, but like the comment section. Reading is king, vids are brain rot inducers, so not for me ...

[@ashlavanadis]

I love this video and your work

[@oldbloke204]

Is this one any different to all the other ones you've done on this topic? You're creative and good at making videos but the subject matter is pretty tragic imo.

[@shhwinner6663]

i do it resonates with me very much

[@shafserious2805]

Master class. Wish u dnt leave us this year❤

[@maryjanelarson9045]

I am so grateful to have found your channel. Wage Slavery is an accurate title for any corporate job. Your content has inspired me to embrace my authentic self as I walk into early retirement. I agree with much of the sentiment you express about work. Enjoy your holiday. I'm excited to see how your channel grows.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you Mary Jane! I really appreciate your kind words. have a great Sunday!

[@akshatrastogi9063]

Wow, even if I haven't worked in a corporate job, I can feel everything you are saying as I have a strong ability to recognize which jobs are bullshit and which are not. I am rebel in my own head and I question the economic model we are living in. When I see people being so busy working 9-5pm that they don't even have time for love, I find it hard to imagine for what these people are even working. Most people are not aware that inflation is a scam, growth at any cost is a scam, GDP growth is a scam. Most of these are manifestation of inflation which is imposed on us by government due to money printing which is propelled by the rich who can take infinite loans and buy real estate (a non-productive asset). Its a matrix, I know my way out as I can see everything from birds eye view.

[@mikejarrells431]

Your life. Your choice. Don't settle. Break the cycle. Rebel. We got this. Let's go!

[@xaverbishop6506]

How?

[@mikejarrells431]

@@xaverbishop6506 Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE).

[@Trahzy]

So, have a trust fund? Sorry but I have to work for money.

[@mikejarrells431]

@@Trahzy I did my time (20 years). Think of it as indentured servitude. It can be done.

[@ryan99842]

I suggest reading a book 'Bruce Thornwood: Unveiling Your Hidden Potential' if you want to know how to man up. Just follow everything writer suggests in there, it's one of the best reads I had in a while.

[@seagirl1100]

Looked for the book, but can’t locate Unveiling Hidden Potential Bruce Thornwood

[@TomScryleus]

Anyone else besides me who hates Mondays?

[@joshuathorp1557]

No, the opportunity to relish a new working week. A chance to be as productive as possible. I do not agree with your video. I am an assistant admin manager and I will work for my employer until I retire. The workers are worked hard and I make sure of it. If they do not like it they can leave, I was worked hard. We live to serve our employer and that is it. I shake my employers hand and I am a PROUD employee. That is the difference!

[@lovethyneibor22736]

only breedtards enjoy mondays

[@Volksinformant]

Actually, I find Sunday worse than Monday. I've felt that way since I was at school. Towards late Sunday afternoon, the dread kicks in. Sometimes it's so bad that it's impossible to do any activities on Sunday because any joy is smothered.

[@riflebear1711]

Mondays, and Sundays. Because i know theyre the pre-monday. Ever since i was about 10. 41 today, and its still the same. Sitting here on sunday, depressed about monday. Real hard to not abuse substances.

[@cmdrgogen3203]

Love your videos, they are so sincere. And most of the time you're telling exactly what I'm thinking, so I can relate a lot. All I can atm is wish you all the best in life.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you so much. I wish you the same.

[@abolisher]

The 40 hour work week is about control

[@althunder4269]

It's all about the control of people. The company wants total control over the employees so they can use the workers up, maximum productivity.

[@NZTiberius2023]

They totally do. They even restrict you having secondary employment (side hustle) because they want to exploit 100% of you and wear you out. They don't want you to have any chance at escape.

[@gtavmj-1852]

This is the REAL BALANCE shared. You give 1) energy + mentally/physically producing results (from where their profit comes from) 2) you FORFEIT YOUR TIME ON YOUR PLANET doing this...(which is NOT the reason the company pay you for!... so this is SACRIFICED BY THE WORKING INDIVIDUAL like a default setting... You get = money.... (which is just a idea???????) The worker PAYS TWICE with REAL AND VALUABLE LIFE COMMODITY The employee gives you a tiny bit back of what you created in the first place, ... In the way of "a idea" with NO TRUE VALUE AT ALL. That's THE TRADE.

[@peterfritzphoto]

Profound. Thanks for sharing this.

[@search4knowledge2000]

It is hard to find that balance for many of us who are working for money while at the same time we are wanting to find that time we need for ourselves to do the things in life that bring us fullfillment outside our work.

[@TomScryleus]

I agree.. I have no balance, since I only have the weekends to enjoy.

[@jedics1]

Ive had a "bad work ethic" for the last 20 years when I came to the conclusion that I'd rather my time than money, jobs made me an anxious miserable mess and I'd FAR rather be poor and free of those feelings. 20 years later and my selfish attitude has been vindicated with the economic sh!t show we have now where millions will work there whole life and "own nothing and be happy" or not....

[@anthonydimichele837]

Man, that was a great vid. The visuals were wonderful and to the point. I am so glad you are speaking out about this. I am old. I escaped the hated routine but the cost was high and I have lived poor most of my life. Now all is good. I made it. But it is my opinion that most people are very glad to be told what to do and how to live. Life can get lonely as you realise this.

[@R251400]

I'm going to do whatever I can on my end to collapse the system, unless wage slavery is abolished.

[@riflebear1711]

Thank you for your service.

[@pordonjeterson]

Entire system is fucked. Humans were never made to live this way.

[@Ajax-t1q]

Yes agree, it was so much better 200 hundred years ago.

[@akinikula9939]

“If you say making money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living.” - Alan Watts

[@TomScryleus]

I love and hate Alan Watts. :) I've heard EVERY clip of his lectures on the Internet. Seriously.

[@akinikula9939]

@@TomScryleus I love his lectures too. And I love Your videos too. Keep on doing what You love and forget the money. Have You ever watched a short film Happiness by Steve Cutts?

[@TomScryleus]

no it doesn't sound familiar

[@rustybrand8103]

9:40 It is not so important to save the planet. Aim to do no harm, treat people as you would like to be treated, avoid causing others to suffer at your expense eherever possible but you are correct, we are just organic matter. The planet will still continue without human life; other life forms will become dominant, ecosystems will change and recover over millions of years. The planet will continue without human life Great video btw! Thankyou Tom

[@JacobLaguerre91]

This is a great video to end the year with. Im glad that a platform like youtube exists for you to put out content like this. Hope you enjoy your time off from social media and looking forward to seeing you next year!

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you. I worked hard to go out with a bang so to speak :) have a great end of year. and see you next year hopefully.

[@ismaelhall3990]

This is why I don't shame or blame anybody for not wanting to work.

[@bcusaaus4749]

I live by “ be prepared for NOT IF but WHEN a company decide to let you go”. I’m ready and prepared financially, my big lesson from the past that I wasn’t and it SUCKS. I now keep it mostly to myself cause I get too much negativity from friends( btw, there broke and it scares the 💩 out of them cause they have no plan and still live paycheck to paycheck)

[@Cope_M]

As a first time listener, I really loved this video, your message and story telling style. Being a creative too, I appreciate and applaud your desire for a break - wisdom in action. Thank you! Looking forward to your return.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you! I'm glad you liked it. Its a passion of mine to make these videos. how are you being creative? also videos?

[@YolichM]

I quit my wage slave factory job with no backup plan. I filed exempt and managed to save some money to get by comfortably for a little while. Fukc the federal government. I can only last so long at any given job, I eventually fall into a state of zoocosis and need out. The cycle will continue, unless God places me on the path I was always meant to take, and that goes for all of us. I'm at my breaking point with this simulation. This was not meant to be. This is all part of the fallen world, and it's games we play. This is not who we are, or why we were born. We are so far away from what we were here to do in the first place.

[@dmtdreamz7706]

What art tries to do is it tries to slap you awake by putting the beauty of infinite creation a little piece of it up on display for you on a pedestal so you can look at it and say oh yeah. Of course. Look there it is. It's so beautiful. It's so amazing and then that opens your eyes a little bit and you can say oh yeah look that thing's beautiful too and that's beautiful and that's beautiful and that person's beautiful and I'm beautiful. Oh my god it's all so beautiful and then that takes you to a whole new level as a human being and then you can delight in reality and you can enjoy everything as one giant work of art. Cosmic work of art.

[@Elemblue2]

Yes. That is what it is.

[@giffordshoneyfarm8626]

" I am going to escape wage slavery or die trying" I think you should make a bumper sticker from this quote as well as " your salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams" I love it. Thanks for the video we really do need to talk more about this subject you seem to have some wisdom about it

[@Jonathan_Prime]

Good video! Keep up the work! I completely share your feeling about work and the system. Also we need these kind of messages in order to change the system

[@bn8706]

Im at the point in my job where if I could just actually do what I was originally hired to do only and work only 5 days a week for 40 hours, I would actually be content. Its messed up that just doing a job for 40 hrs is no longer enough. Im slowly dying physically and mentally under the new "normal" conditions I now work in. Sometimes on my way to work I fantasize about skipping my exit to work and just keep driving to no where in particular. One day I will miss that exit....

[@gtavmj-1852]

Really good way of summoning up how alot of people feel...... the idea of suddenly just heading somewhere, anywhere, is not even considered a OPTION TO CONSIDER these days.... what a waste... how many "days to walk the earth" and just take it all in are just........ surrendered. ???

[@cautiousoptimist1926]

I had a 40 hour work week when I was young, and then the bean counters determined it was better for the organization if we all worked 10 hours a day 6 days a week. That ruined my health and my social life, but, thankfully, I was able to retire young. I couldn't see the point in working anymore as inflation had made travel and entertainment prohibitively expensive.

[@bn8706]

@@cautiousoptimist1926 Yeah man. I'm happy for you. I hope I can do the same. Thats my new schedule for the last year now. 50-60 hours 6 days a week. All my pto goes to the days where I just cant get myself to go to work so I call in with increasingly more random excuses.

[@bn8706]

@@gtavmj-1852 For real. I would just drive anywhere as long as it isnt ever back to the place I work disregarding all consequences of doing so. I just dont know how much more I can take. And yeah, I think about how much my life has been wasted lately and it makes me sad. I know others feel the same so I know I'm not just being "weak".

[@gtavmj-1852]

​@@bn8706... 99.9% of humans are slaves... some are well paid, but slaves none the less. (As soon as I realised that a company pays me with "a idea" (money) and I am using energy as well as mental and physical efforts for that "idea"... and actualley USING TIME ON TOP OF THAT WHICH NOBODY ACTUALLEY PAYS YOU FOR, it's just the results of your energy, mental + physical for the company to get the results they pay you for... us losing years of time to also do that IS NOT FACTORED IN.... the idea of hourly pay IS FALSE... they pay you for the RESULT... you get ZERO for the actual time to get that result!... then add in time to drive to and from work, then add in your paying for the fuel, then add in the repairs or car depreciation... and your PAYING THEM for the first few hours EVERY SHIFT.

[@JoATTech]

Corporations are now more powerful that countries ... they make policies, rules and laws ... I doubt we would ever break free .... I was in the shop selling Chinese shit yesterday. Wage slaves were loosing their hard earned money on that shit (I spent a bit too, cause my daughter wanted to buy a gift for a friend and she said her friend loves this shop the most ... so I agreed with upfront budget). But people buy shit they do not need with their hard earned money, and they think this wage slavery is cool. Then they drink alcohol during the weekends to disconnect from the reality ... I do not get it ...

[@farmoboy83]

we live like slaves all year round to spend all the savings in material stuff that brings no real joy and once per year expensive vacations to feel wealthy and free. At 40, i prefer to be debt free and feel peaceful every day just walking in a park near my house or reading a book. I still work the 40h week but now i don't allow work to overcome my thoughs, my life, my serenity and hope to retire at 50 with enough to live with my family till old enough to get my pension. Still, already almost free of the matrix, never liked this culture of money and power.

[@Worldofourown2024]

Right, where did Kamala Harris get 1 billion in campaign funds? Corporations.

[@farmoboy83]

@@Worldofourown2024 and trump used his own money?! american political campains are multi billion dollar industries. We are all slaves of big corporations because they control our leaders likes puppies

[@shafserious2805]

Mate you out done yourself!!! This is your channel!!!! People will look for these vids as times get even harder. Superb video! 💫

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@billyflanagan9657]

People have a family to support you have to provide for them or don't have a family stay single

[@TomScryleus]

yes, but at the same time, sharing a life with someone gives it purpose (my experience anyway).

[@billyflanagan9657]

@TomScryleus Absolutely. I am the same I just go to work give them 8 for 8 and go home and let them find me the work and pay all the bills . If I get laid off I know I am better than anything they will bring in and they k ow that so it will never happen. Companies only let go of those that can't make the numbers which is usually the slackers. I never hang with people at work know there not my friends. My life is my family. I always am looking for a better opportunity and they know that

[@ErnaSolbergXXX]

This is because the government have stripped away all other possibilities to exist, expect as a slave

[@ButteredWaffle86]

I respect your work. You're saying what everyone feels but accepts as the only option. Keep it up man.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you so much. appreciate your kind words. I wish more people talked about this.

[@yankoyankov2752]

Hello Tom. I love your creativity and perspective. I'm grateful for your presence and your willingness to share with us. Have an amazing time off and holidays ! I'm locking forward to seeing your videos next year .🙏

[@donutkingboy]

I have recently started a new job, and while it is a remote job I understand everything you say in your videos. I begin every week by watching your videos because I feel I need to condition my mind like a muscle to never become comfortable. The life of wage slavery has never been in my DNA as the grandson of an immigrant who was deeply entrepreneurial in her nature. Thank you for your videos and insight, we are all in this together friend. I would also love to see you create a video on balancing hobbies outside of your job. I am someone who sculpts as a hobby but my job drains me so much that it has become harder to do my hobbies since beginning my new job. Everyone always says that you won't enjoy your job but you should enjoy hobbies outside of work, but nobody ever acknowledges the brain drain that a job has on you. Jobs don't want you to enjoy your life outside of work, that's why the pointless 40 hour work week even exists, it's about control not production.

[@Doogie1997alfa]

Best video of 2024! Loved the drone shots!

[@TomScryleus]

thank you!

[@Ajax-t1q]

1) nice summary , looking forward to be apart of this journey. The conversations you have sparked, very enjoyable. 👍

[@TwistedFuchsia]

Damn haven’t watched a video this authentic since nam

[@Strengtharchive80]

I’m leaving my job in January next year. My soul is drained from my employment. I’ve been working towards it all this year, and if It doesn’t work at least I can look at myself and say I gave it a shot

[@euphoricbliss6699]

I'm in the same boat, I wish you happy sailing ⛵️

[@jonasurbann]

Tom, I appreciate you. Keep coming back to authenticity, it's who we truly are :)

[@TomScryleus]

thank you. I really appreciate your kind words. The authentic road is hard to walk sometimes, but I know its the right path. have a great Sunday!

[@jeflha]

When I was around 12 years old, the great recession just happened, and I could hear on the news how young graduates couldn't find any work. I thought to myself: "Is this how it is supposed to go? I went to kindergarten to prepare for primary school, to prepare for midde school, to prepare for high school, to prepare for college, so that I can get a degree in a field in which the labormarket may or may no have any use? Do I have to work for 12 more years, as many years as I've been alive, for this?" It disillusioned me, and I've been struggling with my life since. But I won't give up on trying to find meaning and worth in life, nor of helping others to find theirs.

[@cullen6015]

This episode made me subscribe! Some people think that people that are like us that God woke us up but what are we here for? Why are some people destined like to see things that other people can't see? The truth is humanity has enslaved itself. Mindfulness tells me that I build my own prisons. Actually it would be nice to sit around with a bunch of people and we all come together and have a conversation and get different inputs from different people!

[@Hakiro-c5d]

Masterpiece!! Seriously! This is your best video!

[@TomScryleus]

thank you. so kind of you.

[@mudeye5739]

'I would've of cried but the anti-depressants kept the tears inside', Tom. 'Tears are a waste of good suffering!' Pin Head the Cenobite.

[@TomScryleus]

haha... I loved the first hellraiser movies. :)

[@koalachili8719]

I agree 100% on this. One reason for the hours at work is to have you occupied, so people dont have time to organize... if we did, we wold have a chance for change....

[@UberishASMR]

I know i can figure out lifes purpose on my own, but the fact that i have to commit to getting a job and work full time to ensure security for myself is what takes all my time away. If i had more time i could figure it out. I know i could. Instead i have to sell most of my time for money. Leaving a lot less time to figure out my intuitive priorities.

[@jaymeleonhard3764]

There is a movement that we are collectively waking up to and your art is fueling the movement. My union has started a 32 hour work week ask and it may be a while before it is implemented but it’s important to fan the fire as many people can’t imagine how to not work a 40 hour workweek.

[@aussiegruber86]

I am in a really bad spot at work now and really don’t want to go tomorrow 😢 They tell us to work hard buy a house etc. I did this and have been trapped for 30 years until the house is paid off.

[@lovethyneibor22736]

i see a lot of ppl complaining about u talking bout same things over and over again, well, repetition is a key towards growth, isn't it what they say?? kinda ironic that when it comes to things we the "pessemists" like, all of a sudden we can't use their tactics, hell no, you HAVE TO DRILL THIS TOPIC into their empty heads so that it STICKS there forever, keep preaching bro!

[@sarahemmons7555]

I’m with you! I believe we all have a purpose, a calling that can bring us joy and financial freedom. I think we are closer than ever to living in a way that supports everyone finding what that is for them 🥰

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Your channel just popped up on my feed. I was a wage slave for about 25 years until the company I worked at for over 20 years got bought out by a larger concern. Having been miserable in my job(s) for most of my work life, I was still freaked out when I got permanently laid off (in my 50's!). Luckily, I was a saver - saving so I could hopefully retire early. Well, I saved and invested and then decided to move to Europe and have a whole different life experience, while I physically still could. So here I am, in Europe, retired and living a completely different life than I did in the US. I guess I should be happy the company threw me out like garbage, because now I am free to do whatever I want. I will be interested in following your channel and looking at your point of view on all of this.

[@devilswhiskey]

If everyone just walked away from their corporate jobs, corporations would be no more.

[@TomScryleus]

true

[@stuffchat]

Yeah. And then we can all eat the free grass of the fields and be skinny and have no mass produced clothing or shelter and die happy ravaged by the elements. Rock on!

[@devilswhiskey]

@@stuffchat slave mentality

[@JoATTech]

I tapped the like during the intro :D. It's how I feel daily (the intro). I have free Wednesdays to work on my hobbies or side businesses and sometimes I'm so tired just after Monday and Tuesday at work, that I spend whole Wednesday decompressing ... same during the weekends ....

[@TomScryleus]

We are not alone! Thank you for the like 🙏

[@JoATTech]

@@TomScryleus I'm leaving wage slavery end of this year for good. Maybe I will eat dirt, but at least I will feel free :D.

[@TomScryleus]

Nice! I will join you next year

[@keeblem1]

I completely agree, I was smart when I was younger. I knew I didn't want to end up like my father who spent his entire life working on the production line at the Ford motor company. I had hopes and dreams and knew I wanted to be a free spirit. However, somewhere along the line I became sucked in with a mortgage, marriage and family. I had become a slave. I had too, had become a imbecile.

[@TomScryleus]

yepp, same fate here. Somehow most of us fell for it. The lifestyle obsession.

[@je4nette]

Some people are too intelligent to gaslight themselves into the standard opinion of "that's just the way it is". However, the work system is quite a genius way of population control, though. You know where people are 8 hours of the day, and they're too tired too question the system.

[@Average_Geo]

Tom, thank you for your creations this year! Enjoy the downtime through the holidays! See you next year!

[@TomScryleus]

thank you, I will! I will make a final post on the community tab before end of october.

[@cindytran5628]

Great video Tom I can tell you put a lot of effort into this. I love the artwork in this video. you are truly a creative person. Thank you for being so genuine, something we don’t see on KZbin everyday. Also most of us can relate to your message about trying to find purpose in this unfulfilling wage system we are in. There’s no depth or meaning to what we are doing at work. We might not live in the same country, but we are all feeling this. ❤ from USA

[@TomScryleus]

thank you Cindy. I worked hard on it, or at least as hard as I could. Since I really don't have the energy to edit on evenings. so I only have my weekends to do this. As work drains me completely.

[@MongoLolz]

Was a wage slave for 22 years. Retired early at 42. Rest of my life will be doing things I want and never being stuck in an office again.

[@angelarenner8746]

I rarely comment. I hope you read it though.. thank you for your content - I can see the art. I can feel the vibe and I am sure you‘re highly intelligent and sensitive.. A depression survivor myself, lawyer in a DAX corporation…. I am one of the living dead, but I am starting to live again. I am working on a own business idea with purpose for the society; not sure how it will make money, but at least, I will take the first steps and see where it takes me. Hope to give an receive love and to make our lord happy. I think we need to slow down and start warming up again in this world. You all - may you become happy and feel being loved. Stay authentic, please! You are enough. I highly appreciate your videos. Start your own business besides KZbin - and use your audience to grow. I would be glad to support; I am sure many of us would do so.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you for the kind words, and for sharing your thoughts and experience. 🙏 I hope things work out with that business.❤️

[@starbritea.sparkles75]

When I heard the words, "This is my last video", I panicked. Then, I heard the rest of the message. You are recharging and energizing your creativity and purpose. I really appreciate your videos and look forward to your content. Thanks.

[@thorsrensen3162]

I talk with my neighbour every weekend after our running trip about being a wage slave and I use many of your reflections and ideas. My strategy is to save and invest as much money and to be able to feel free to say stop at every moment I want. He need to stop soon but has not invested so much but he cannot continue and will not waste more years on something he dont like.

[@greendiscipline3500]

One of your best this year I think. And thank you for motivating us to keep chipping away at the chains that binds us to our employers desks and paychecks. See you in 2025.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you! appreciate it. Worked hard on this video. Just wish I had more time to edit etc. Wage slavery keeps me very busy.

[@travis_t22]

Although this video is not a feature film, it has exquisite cinematography, compelling and poignant storytelling. The amazing cinematography deftly and beautifully captures the patina of seasons, the passage of time, and varied psychological states. In spite of the fact that you dislike the word “artist,” as it might be interpreted as being pretentious, I’d still argue that your video is a work of art. My definition of the work of art is inextricably linked to its aesthetic, intellectual, emotional/psychological value, and heartfelt experiences that touch the viewer/reader’s spirit, heart, and soul...Furthermore, a work of art facilitates and encourages the viewer/reader to critically question and challenge societal norms and conventional way of living/thinking.

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you so much. Regarding that word artist. I just feel like, if I was to say "hey i'm an artist", it just doesn't feel right. But I don't have a problem saying I'm creative. Maybe there is some imposter syndrome at play there. but thank you for sharing your thoughts about it. Really made me happy to read.

[@Jan-m5c2r]

Oh, Tom, this video is so warm and heartfelt. As usual you give us great and inspirational content with food for thought. I wish you a relaxing break from social media the rest of 2024 and a Merry Christmas + a Happy New Year. See you in 2025 - with thanks and kindest regards, J

[@TomScryleus]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@Jan-m5c2r]

@@TomScryleus P.S.: Every time my boss is too much I put on my headphones and listen to the song Alliance by Robert Wyatt on youtube - man, that silent song says it all!

[@Mystic_Paths]

The importance of finding a balance between work and personal life, encouraging individuals to seek roles that allow them to pursue their interests and well-being.

[@aubsnet769]

I can totally relate to entire my life, feeling like I was put on this earth to struggle. Especially the inner voice that try’s to put me down. I’ve never considered myself an artist… I jumped into corporate sales but really only love playing music. At first was happy with having a professional office job but in a few short weeks hated it. Always feel something is lost! Stuck in the cyclical, make more money, daily routine. It really is a rigged system! Chase your passions! Life matters more! My Jack Russell terrier.. tells me every night….to just Quit my job! :)

[@TomScryleus]

Thats interesting, music. I once was into making music myself. But I had zero talent :) but with the Internet today, I have to ask, can't you have a side hustle around your music? Even I sell music (!) and trust me, its bad.

[@tonyjones1560]

@@TomScryleusI have a perspective about being “talentless.” Stick with it! Even Eddie Van Halen once sucked as a guitar player…

[@haroldgar1]

Straight from the heart, thanks for that, Tom.

[@TomScryleus]

straight from my heart, I'm so glad you liked it. Have a great Sunday. :)

[@MegaherzX]

I would love to see more videos which show how you make escape plans, even if they fail, maybe especially if they fail. This channel is a rare one, were financial freedom is discussed but it actually feels authentic.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you. I've made some videos about my passive income streams. here is one if you are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmXPnKWDbLqnsKM

[@stevenpike7857]

Worse, the US government has convinced you that your pay is taxable - because it's "income." However, it's an equal trade. You trade your time for money it's worth - there is no profit. The government should only be taxing profit - not wages.

[@artvandelay8866]

Tom great video and editing nice work !

[@TomScryleus]

thank you 🙏

[@Paul9]

I too have the affliction of having to understand the ‘why’ in anything I’m asking to do. This is torture in a corporate environment because often there is no ‘why’ other than to justify other people’s employment. A prime example is creating extra tasks just so that we can create an objective to monitor the outcome of a pointless task, to allow managers to have statistics to hold meetings about the performance of the people carrying out the pointless tasks. Madness

[@travis_t22]

The most significant word or theme in your video is “Potential.” It is worth noting that many ideas and thoughts that you’ve mentioned in this video share some striking commonalities with ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle and Socrates. Aristotle proposed a concept that has intrigued thinkers for centuries - Eudaimonia - the quest for human flourishing. In essence, Aristotle envisioned and thought of life as a quest for something greater than mere survival or ephemeral pleasures. He suggested that the ultimate goal of human existence was Eudaimonia, which meant “well-being,” “happiness derived from living a life in congruence with reason and virtue,” or “flourishing.” He believed that achieving Eudaimonia was similar to fulfilling our potential as human beings. He thought that work was a mean to an end and that Eudaimonia should be life’s raison d’être. Socrates’s well known meditation on life is “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He was iconoclastic since he did not believe in the gods in whom the city believed. His mission in life was to seek the truth to the answer to his question. Tom, I strongly believe that you will be successful in the objective that you have created for yourself, as you are intelligent, creative, hard-working, and a deep thinker, and you have an inquisitive mind and versatile skills (technical and conceptual thinking).

[@seany888svd]

Your content gets better and better, and there are more people waking up to the 'wage slavery' system we're in. You're very right, our species is so arrogant and self important to feel the need to 'save the planet'.

[@dstenberg]

I love these authentic videos. KZbin needs more of it.

[@TomScryleus]

thank you!

[@carlhansen9512]

Love this --> "Don't confuse a paycheck with purpose".