At least they say their goals in public
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Yes that's the point of health so why is don destroying the system.
Weirdly, I agree with this statement. "Work gives you purpose." is something that my friends dad once said, that I only recently gotten to understand the meaning of. I have severe treatment resistant clinical depression and the only time I get a sliver of relief is when I'm at work and my brain is firing on all cylinders. It's only when I'm alone, on my own time is when all the feeling of inadequacy and self hate creep back. So yeah, if the whole purpose of the healthcare system is to keep me health enough to be a cog in the machine, then so be it.
Because, seriously, what's the alternative? Is your endgame to slouch on the couch all day? Is your end goal in life to be a sloth? You got to contribute, otherwise this whole thing doesn't work. And to make it work, you gotta work.
I think you gotta put more work (hehe) into defining what you mean by “work”.
Some people think of work as an inherently exploitative activity, where someone who owns the means but lacks the skill to use them loans the means to someone who has the skill, in return for some of (most of) the benefits of the labor.
I think that arrangement actually strips a lot of fulfillment from life, because the people who do the work don’t get to make decisions and the people who make decisions aren’t forced to understand the real impact of those decisions.
But if you just mean “doing something useful” or even “doing something meaningful” (since much of what gives life meaning isn’t explicitly useful), I think it would hard to disagree with you.
I think a lot of people who call themselves “anti-work” aren’t opposed to putting effort towards something meaningful — I think it’s actually because of their sense that their day job is meaningless (and maybe even undermining meaningful pursuits) that they call themselves “anti-work”.
thats propaganda by corporate shills. you can be productive without working yourself to death. why do you think there are scientists/ junior technicians or stem workers, they are passionate about thier field. seems like your issues is a personal problem
theres a saying if you are bored all the time, you are boring.
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