Posted on 01/18/2022 6:35:36 AM PST by NOBO2012
Here’s a little story that clearly demonstrates the effect that 40+ years of Commie/anti-American propaganda taught in public schools has had: ‘Anti-work’ threads on Reddit are fueling the Great Resignation.
On Reddit, the “antiwork” subreddit is now one of the social network’s most active and engaged pages, after seeing explosive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. It currently has more than 1.6 million users, up from 180,000 in October 2020. People post epic text and e-mail screenshots of quitting their jobs, but the real heroes are so-called “idlers” — those who stay in jobs doing the absolute minimum to get by while still collecting a paycheck.
You can replace “antiwork” with anti-capitalism as that is what this is really about. It’s a continuation of the Occupy Wall Street movement,
Antifa,
and other “anarchy’ groups and movements that have emerged since Obama’s fundamental transformation of America.
This is Doreen Ford, she’s the moderator of the “Antiwork” subreddit:
I could be wrong but it looks like Doreen could use a shave.
Doreen says that the movement is intended as a major snub of capitalism:
She noted that the general idea behind the anti-work movement “is to reduce the coercive element of labor as much as possible by subverting capitalism,” and said that those active on the page are mainly far leftists who support Bernie Sanders and AOC, and, often also identify as socialists, communists and/or anarchists.
What a surprise: all of society’s lay-abouts, working hard to avoid work.
It’s clear that the new Commies/Socialists/Anarchists “antiwork” cohort contribute to America’s declining labor participation rate. They don’t feel they should have to work in order to live – that’s such a 20th century concept.
After trending up for more than three decades, the labor force participation rate peaked at 67.3 percent in early 2000. Over the next few years, the rate receded to about 66 percent and stayed at that level through 2008. The participation rate then dropped again, and by mid-2016, it stood at 62.7 percent.
And it currently rests around 61.8%. Which, along with the subreddits who are trying to do as little as possible and still draw a paycheck from either a private sector employer or the government, pretty much explains the ongoing “COVID” labor shortage plaguing America. It’s an anti-capitalist movement. Brought to you courtesy of Public Schools and the US government.
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And whose fault is that, honey?
Young people have all the answers; if you suggest they start their own business, they respond that Zuckerberg/Bezos/Gates have rigged the game against them.
Comparisons to Europeans are not apples-to-apples; many workers in Europe are basically given job protections that only unionized workers in the US get (so using your vacation is much easier). Countries there have outlawed overtime and the use of temps, and it really doesn’t work well for job seekers - unemployment is high, especially for young people.
Western Europeans have a longer history of 1%ers screwing little people (that is why they’ve had much more political violence than us - our government took steps to head that off, though McKinley was killed by an anarchist). The governments are set up to remove all risk from peoples’ lives, and they receive a corresponding low-risk return (for many years, the difference in opportunity/mobility between Europe and the US was stark, though that is disappearing now as WE become more socialist/nanny-state). Americans would enjoy more benefits if we were all tenured teachers, but we aren’t.
Companies know the difference, and want to replace as many human workers as possible with “robots”. If they can’t automate a process, they’ll either ship the work to, or import into this country, foreign “human robots” who have far less rights than us. Look at the “996” culture in Red China (work 9 to 9, 6 days per week); it isn’t sustainable.
In the meantime I have fast food workers indignantly pointing me to order at the kiosk by the counter that replaced the two other co-workers who used to be on his side of the counter...
You inadvertently stressed my point with the phrase:
many workers in Europe are basically given job protections that only unionized workers in the US get (so using your vacation is much easier)
Vacations and vacation time are mandated by law, yet employers can punish you for using yours?
THAT IS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
I understand why Europeans have the view they have; their companies have a hard time firing them. The companies know it, too; they hire VERY slowly (so you end up with higher unemployment). Places in the US that try to set up a European model (cities, states) end up with the worst unemployment here as well.
Yet their productivity is close to or even exceeds North America’s, and employee satisfaction is far higher.
We have a problem.
North of a certain line Europe’s productivity may be close to North America’s productivity (also north of a certain line), but as a whole Europe isn’t viewed as very competitive in the global economy. They have a lot of safeguards in place for their workers, but it comes at a price (high cost of living first and foremost).
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