Imagine living in a world where your value as a person isn’t tied to how physically exploitable you are.
Spooooookyyyyy Scaaaaaaaarrryyyy
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey now! Under capitalism, your value as a person is tied to how aggressively you exploit others.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That has not been my experience. Nobody is demanding that of me.
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Luckily for me I get exploited physically and mentally. I strive to one day only be exploited mentally.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Living the dream!
ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
straight from facebook, what a post.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thank you
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’ve worked back to back 60’s at Amazon, what the hell do you think made me a communist?
Godric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nowhere else have I felt more like the “Resource” part of “Human Resources”
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Sounds like you just dont want to work. You know when I was your age…
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boomers are like: “when I was your age I worked 40 hours a week while going to college” and don’t say they did their homework at work and got paid for it because there were no security cameras and could pay their yearly tuition and rent with a full time job at a gas station.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Propaganda
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
No, that’s what had made me a liberal before lol.
zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ah BabylonBee, The Onion for conservatards
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
No joke, I got dog piled off this site for using that last word you used. We’re so busy purity testing ourselves instead of just attacking the right in an organized fashion.
Alloi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
actual leftists dont argue with leftists. the purity test is a myth created by the far right in an attempt to drive an ideological wedge between leftists, and the fence sitting liberal capitalists. its a self sorting myth that pushes liberal capitalists away from full class conciousness based on percieved petty differences. much like the gondolins and the horse men of rohan prior to the battle of gondor, especially under the influence of grima wormtongue, who whispered untruths and falsehoods in the ear of the bewitched king theodan, in an attempt to keep the kingdoms of men divided. even after his bewitchment, king theodan understood that he needed to put away the ledger of sins from their past with gondor, in order to prevent the fall of man. he struggled with this, but ultimately knew what had to be done when gondor called for aid. everything was at stake.
the leftist understands that its always been up vs down. and that left vs right is a distraction myth. we are like the elves, dwarves, and men of middle earth, even the hobbits. fighting against the darkness of sauron. squabbling over petty differences only serves the dark lords mission of division and permanent victory over man, bringing upon an age of darkness the likes we have never seen before.
we fight for what all that is right and good in this world. for freedom, equality, and truth. anyone who says otherwise is under the influence of forces beyond their current understanding. whether or not they succumb to ignorance is a matter of will and intellect. much like fighting the dark influence of the one ring and saurons will, it is ultimately up to the individual to imagine a world not dictated by greed and the persuit of ultimate power. but rather one where all can live together, in equality, harmony, and peace… in spite of our differences. we as their friends and would be allies also have a duty to guide them when we can, and accept them for their differences, as long as they are willing to fight along side us.
“Never thought I’d die fighting side by side with an Elf.”
“What about side by side with a friend?”
“…Aye… I could do that.”
we all share this world together, and the time of darkness is upon us all. we should remember what our fight is for, and it is not just for ourselves and our own way of life. but the lives of the men and women, and everyone inbetween and beyond. who, like us, simply want to live a full, free, and peaceful life.
sangeteria@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Wait you mean that I can’t tell people to kill themselves here? Shameful 😔😔😔
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just memes by the content of their image not the color of their watermark.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Of course conservatives go “only physical work is real manly work, young people are lazy, hue hue hue”.
…while Babylon Bee staff is mostly known for sitting in the office and posting low effort shit that can incredibly charitably called “attempts at humour”.
Hey, if you’re conservative, you’ve got to be contradictory and hypocritical, after all.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Right now, I’d pick physical labour over IT. I’m sick of being attached to a desk 12h a day looking at a screen and making some predatorial company richer.
I’d rather be cleaning up my neighborhood, planting flowers in the park, or working at an animal shelter or the local soup kitchen. Actually making a fucking difference in society.
EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
fellow IT worker here …
The sickle and hammer are not representative of planting some flowers in a garden.
If you’ve never done any real farming, I recommend you try it even for a day to learn a whole new appreciation for our modern way of life. It is brutal backbreaking work … and so were most industrial jobs from the era of soviet communism.
Thank god for modernization, but I also agree on the despair of being a slave for an ultra rich asshole. I’m dealing with it by starting a corp with a couple of buddies that is owned by us and doing some work on the side … hopefully this can eventually free us from the chains.
Riverside@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It is brutal backbreaking work … and so were most industrial jobs from the era of soviet communism
Those jobs still exist, you just outsource them to Pakistan and India.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s supposed to represent labor in general, whatever the means of which you provide it. People are needed in all roles in a communal society.
Godric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As much as everyone would rather do meaningful things with their time, communist societies need ditchdiggers too!
Construction and manufacturing takes all types, no experience needed, but I found factory work to be a great motivator to get into IT. Grass is always greener, I suppose
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I think the big issue is lack of variance in your work. Human brains need different stimuli. S o if you do only one type of work all the time, you want something different after a while and yearn for another extreme.
communist societies need ditchdiggers too!
I gladly dig ditches, if it’s not the only thing I do.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah some people think that in a communist society that they will suddenly do other jobs like working in an animal shelter. Nope if you work in IT now you’d still be in IT under communism. The commune still needs their IT infrastructure running and the people with IT skills get assigned to do that.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
That’s the problem with all politics. People don’t like the status quo and so vote for “not this” without considering the ill effects of what they’re voting for, or historical precedent. It’s how we ended up with Trump twice, it’s how we ended up with Brexit, and it’s not going away any time soon.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t have an issue with my field if it wasn’t grossly dominated by companies in the banking and commerce sector.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What’s stopping you? Plenty of places are looking for volunteers.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Volunteering doesn’t put food on the table sadly.
Gotta work to live so I can then donate time to other things. If there was a way to live sustainably off improving the local area that would be fantastic. But there just isn’t in any real sense.
DirtSona@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
“what’s stopping you from quitting your work that you need to survive?”
KatakiY@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I volunteer and work. One of them pays and the other doesn’t.
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
You can just do it.
sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Physical labor as in laboring. There are plenty of jobs go ahead wreck your body if you want. Nobody is forcing you to work in IT
electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Boomer slop.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks babe
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m a communist and don’t want to break my back using a sickle to harvest crops, but also no one does except people watching trad content and romanticizing it. This is why we’ve automated most of the hard manual labor in developed countries.
We really need to update the symbol, besides all the baggage with the USSR it’s just out of date. Maybe on 1920s Russia most people were working with a hammer and sickle, and a lot of people still do to this day in less developed countries, but the meme is right, you ask your average Gen z in the developed world what the symbol means they’ll shrug and say idk.
Nautalax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
So Mozambique is a rapper? Represented by hoes and automatic weapons?
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You’re right, a Combine Harvester and a Floppy Disk
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Funny you should choose the sickle over the hammer. In industrialized nations commodity crops like wheat, soy, corn, and rice are predominantly mechanically harvested. But tree fruit, berries, and a lot of veggies remain hand-picked or have a mixed manual/mechanical harvesting method that’s much more labor intensive than a combine mowing down endless acres of wheat.
The hammer however has seen a massive decline in full time use across construction sites in developed nations. It’s still a useful tool and most workers carry one, but pneumatic nail guns dominate new construction in developed countries that use wood as their base material.
I’d also push back on your claim that hard manual labor in developed nations is automated. Mechanically assisted to varying levels, like a pneumatic nail gun instead of a hammer, or a haybaler instead of a sickle and building a stack, but it’s still got humans putting hours of physical effort into using those machines to achieve the finished product. There’s people behind home construction or remodels, strawberry picking, road construction, and wildland fire fighting to name a few.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Critical support for your demons
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s part of why I like the symbol of the DDR. Sure hammers and compasses are outdated, but they’re easy symbols for labor still vital, and instead of a sickle there’s sheaths of wheat
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The feels when some countries do forced labor to hand pick cotton for the higher quality
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Make it a tractor
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Isn’t Babylon Bee like The Onion?
tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s like if The Onion was right wing
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The onion if every punchline was racism (or transphobia)
Hawanja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s like if the Onion wasn’t funny.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s generally the Conservative version of the Onion, though honestly, nowadays I’d say their writing can be stronger than the Onion.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately for the Onion, reality has been more outlandish than their satire in recent years.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let me know when the Babylon Bee acquires InfoWars AND Tim Heidecker in the same week.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I prefer garlic
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Capitalist not funny. News at 11.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Literally just a shitty Babylon Bee repost. LemmyShitPosts is a Nazi bar
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure you know what a Nazi is.
timestatic@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
What an unexpected post on lemmy even for a shitpost community
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I like to keep everyone on their toes
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
OK Boomer
RAFAELRAMIREZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wait, you mean the revolution isn’t just arguing online and designing posters? Devastating news.
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
I thought this community was getting a bit too friendly lately
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What other meaning would they have?
sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Good, physical labor is the worst
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Guys, they are Communists, not Amish.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Lol @ the people propping up the system with “passive income” making accusations
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is this meant to suggest that reactionaries aren’t work-shy as hell? That would be a lie. They all want some bullshit media career as much as any liberal.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
fedikitty@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Ik, why not the amazon box? They were do out of touch in the 1800’s.
percent@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
It has always blown my mind how some people can get through childhood having almost no knowledge of basic tools.
Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Oops, I accidentally upvoted it. Didn’t see the source.
mech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Young Capitalist Trying To Prove He Isn’t Above Physical Labor Gets Ghosted In 250 Job Applications
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You claim you’re not a capitalist, and yet you use upper-case letters at the start of every sentence.
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4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Pro tip: Speak As Through Everything You Have To Say Is HEADLINE NEWS
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
“You need 2 years of experience for this entry-level ditch digging job”
Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Also we’re just doing this to make HR happy, we’re already gonna hire my nephew.”
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Gang shit