this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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At the same time, there are a lot of people, especially in my line of work as a mechanic, where they somehow expect to be able to sit around and not do much actual work and still collect a paycheck at double minimum wage.
Like yes, workers should be paid fairly for their time. But also, workers should be trying to do a good job. Employment is a give and take, and its really hard to find that balance. Working for yourself is a good solution, but you have to deal with a lot more such as taxes and marketing your business and such. Being hired at a bigger business takes all that pressure away to let you just focus on your job.
There is no perfect system, because it relies on both the employer and the employee to not be greedy.
Sounds like socialism will be a good solution for this since workers won't have to work so many hours to get their surplus value extracted to make a business profitable. Therefore, with socialism, people will be incentivized to work better since they will work fewer hours. ๐
Sounds like communism will be even better since no one would need money to survive and therefore "profit" wouldn't even be a consideration.
Yeah! Communism is the best economic system!