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Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I did retirement home training and used to think it was a sweet job. Then I got in the business and underestimated how demoralizing it was as they give you the easy elders in training while the others make you, or at least me, really think of the fact the job just amounts to an unkarmic freebie.

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[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For most people, having an occupation means giving up roughly half of your waking hours, as well as a toll on your body and mind, to the minority class that happens to own the things needed to do this occupation in exchange for wages. These wages are required to buy the necessities for the rest of your life from this same minority class. Getting rid of occupations means ending this relationship so that we no longer have to support the exorbitant lifestyles and cruel whims of this minority class. It means putting us in control of the value we create with our labor and not wasting it on the likes of telemarketing, car dealing, or denying health insurance claims.

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is not the fault of the occupation, but the system we are doing it in. People will typically want to work at SOMEthing. The system we have has perverted that drive toward what you describe.

Division of labor happens in societies, no matter how small.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not saying that talent, preference, or experience aren't real or that people won't naturally focus their efforts on certain activities. I'm saying that people shouldn't have to effectively blackmailed into certain activities, whether they align with their preferences or not. I like being a mechanical engineer. I do not like that I have to do it for forty plus hours a week, 49 weeks out of the year. Getting rid of occupations means that I would not be penalized if I decided to cut back on engineering and devote some real time to things that actually matter to me, my family, and my neighbors.

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Bingo. If I had all my family’s expenses paid, I’d do my job for 3-4 days without pay. Maybe not as long, but I like my work.