I’m just saying the freedom to even contemplate and think about things like this without instantly answering “survival nigga” is a privilege

Of course American capitalism is bullshit lol

Alternative is plowing the fields chief

Exactly

If I came up with a business plan I was passionate about I would maybe pursue it

But if u made me start my own business right now I would hate that s*** even more than my 9-5. I like how I can just go in put my hours in then not have to think about that s*** and can concentrate on life and my free time

Starting your own business is stress and hard to switch off from. It can be worth it for sure... But it could also not be tbh

I like how all the opinions ITT stay inside here and will never be seen by the public eye

OP just don’t know the work it takes to have a decent wage, low job hours and have fun, s*** is literally impossible unless you have pure luck, sorry life don’t work like that

fr and I mean this with no disrespect to him but op sound young af with this mindset..he sounds like someone with no responsibilities lol

so many people have such s***ty attitudes about working lmao

ITT: elitism

Ok but can everyone be a business owner and no employees? How would that work?

Also if you have a small business, say a noodle shop, and you work 40 hours a week (probably WAY more if you're self employed) and you make the same living as you did working for someone else, then what exactly did you achieve? Just spiting your employer?

Maybe for you just the fact that you're working on your own terms justifies it, but it doesn't for everybody.

You can tell people like @op lack hella perspective and empathy and probably dealt with a silver spoon most they life.

I pray for niggas like yall man lol.

lol I come out of a first generation immigrant family from Kazakhstan you degen. We literally had to scavenge roof insulation material from rotting houses in our 50 soul village to keep our house warm you f***ing bozo.

Seethe some more though

and somehow managed to lose ALL your humility and perspective just to turn into an LLC twitter type d***head.

f*** you nigga lol.

Ah yes, so because I recognize how exploitative current work environments are I have lost humility? Interesting.

By the way, both of my parents who immigrated with NOTHING to their name - no degrees or any education on paper - feel the same way I do. My dad spent time in the f***ing Soviet military and he feels the same way I do. If anything I think they are a big reason why I feel this way. They put this perspective into my head. Sometimes even in an implicit way. Seeing the way they got exploited by employers early on in their lives broke my heart. Seeing the different lifestyles of my parents and the rich kids' parents when I was staying at their homes to hang out broke my heart. But yes. I have no humility and perspective.

Go f*** yourself you absolute f***ing loser.

I'm the loser, yet you never answered @user's first point in this thread how you asking to justify 40 hours a week is a priviliged thing to do because you KNOW you come off elitist as f***.

I'ma keep it respectful, f*** you, your parents, and any brainwashed dumbass in your bloodline that think this 40+ hours a week thing is something that people just wanna do or "have a choice" in the matter. lol.

Everyone chill damn

I’m surprised it took this long to get hostile

Also, I don't think the problem is working, it's the cost of living and the crazy amount of hours we do trying to balance work and our personal lives

Id be completely fine working if we all just had a bit more time to ourselves, life is short.

What the f*** are you talking about? I simply asked how people personally justify it for themselves because I never found my personal answer. I literally just wondered what keeps individual people going and how they come to terms with that reality for themselves.

Necessity is a valid answer and I literally never refuted that you clown.

For some people - like me - even necessity doesn't do it. I used to work 50 hours a week as an employee and it was out of necessity. I still didn't see the point of continuing. I contemplated suicide because of this s***.

400k-500k a year I guess. But only 20 years. Maybe 45-55 hours a week too.

Also I want 3 houses

Work sucks.

The f*** lmao

Theoretically…an advanced society shouldn’t have to work…not 40 hours at least.

Remember guys, working for 40 hours a week for 40 years to make money for those so called capitalists that you are so against is a privilege.

NOW GET BACK TO WORK, if you should be so lucky...

Worker bees swarming like the hive mind they are ITT