People who are forced to work at jobs they hate, desperate to keep that job even though it robs them of life-force more than it pays them in money, who nevertheless need it because it is the only way to survive, are in a very real way not free.

Mar 25, 2021 · 11:35 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @krystalball
That’s right.
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Our system could be set up differently, so we could occasionally take time off work for up to a year, then go back college, or do the house up, or relax, and not lose our homes, or livelihoods. We could do less hours at work. Michael Rowbotham explains. youtube.com/rzqDEBHPwcs

Significance of Monetary Reform - Michael Rowbotham

A talk Michael Rowbotham gave in Canada in 1999 to COMER (Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform). He connects the way money is created in the the current...

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Replying to @marwilliamson @FlowerFreak3
Hate em or not. Jobs are a necessary evil. Gotta eat & pay bills. OR. Go live in a cave & BBQ skunk. 🤗😎
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There's nothing like stating the glariingly obvious as if it were a recentl;y discovered profound truth
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Spot On!
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Louder for the people in the back, momma! It’s a sad, sorry state. And it contributes to depression and desperation. It’s a real problem that needs solving.
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In fact, they are modern-day slaves.
Replying to @marwilliamson @ScottKn88252149
True, but also, You are not free in ANY job where you have to work 8 hours just to maintain. Which would mean all “jobs” are a form of slavery. “Jobs” should pay enough in 4 hours to pay for a family of 4 or they are just slavery under another name. Let’s stop pretending.
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A lot of those jobs at fast food restaurants and big box stores might be less awful, maybe even enjoyable, if performed in the context of a worker-owned cooperative #WorkerOwnedCoops
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