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How come people want to work?
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I think pretty much everyone wants to feel useful and like they're contributing to society. I also think the modem idea of a job is awful and oppressive, but I think that's more of a problem with capitalism. If we had a better economic system, I think we'd have a better relationship with work. I know that if I didn't have to worry about making money to survive, I wouldn't be lazy and fuck off all the time, there's so many projects I would do and help others with. I suspect that's true for at least 99% of people.
But we live under capitalism right now and many people choose to accept that and try to be happy with wage slavery. "If you get a decent job that makes decent money, it's not so bad." But I think we'd be a lot healthier and happier if we rebuilt the system from the ground up.