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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I can be less productive at work and get paid to cry, then that's a double win on the capitalists

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?

[–] jaywalker@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Yet capitalism is ingrained enough for you to think that's the best option, instead of what you need / want it's whatever that makes you the most money. So it's a win for capitalism in the sense that you are the capitalist first, and human second.