Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoBoss makes a dollar, I make a dime. Now I cry on company timesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11.3Karrow-down117
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageBoss makes a dollar, I make a dime. Now I cry on company timesh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·9 months agoDo you really win if capitalism dictates when you should feel / cry?
minus-squareminame@feddit.deBlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·9 months agoBut they don’t dictate it. They win if you cry only when it doesn’t affect them
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThey do. The capitalistic grind makes you think it’s more worthwhile to cry while making money, rather than cry when you needed to.
minus-squareConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·9 months agoIf I can be less productive at work and get paid to cry, then that’s a double win on the capitalists
minus-squarehabanhero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoBut they get you to cry on their terms. How much is agency worth as a human being - more or less than the hourly wage?
minus-squarejaywalker@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoOn their terms? The capitalists don’t want you to cry while you’re supposed to be working. Crying on their terms would be crying outside of work.
Do you really win if capitalism dictates when you should feel / cry?
But they don’t dictate it. They win if you cry only when it doesn’t affect them
They do. The capitalistic grind makes you think it’s more worthwhile to cry while making money, rather than cry when you needed to.
If I can be less productive at work and get paid to cry, then that’s a double win on the capitalists
But they get you to cry on their terms. How much is agency worth as a human being - more or less than the hourly wage?
On their terms? The capitalists don’t want you to cry while you’re supposed to be working. Crying on their terms would be crying outside of work.