If you’re to much of a little bitch to just accept the community note about what you really are then you’ll never rise up and claim the means of production. 😂🤣😂

There’s nothing wrong with it. The user you’re replying to is the only thing worse than a paid shill. An unpaid shill. Check out their post history and their identical alt accounts on other instances. Fully half the time of you see incredibly stupid shit anywhere on Lemmy… it’s them.

I do not aspire to be a volunteer internet janitor.

Don’t act like that wouldn’t make you happy.

When giving hugs, I never let go first. Though I let go promptly when the other person does. You never know much of a hug the other person needs.

This makes complete sense. But let’s not act like Europe isn’t just a peninsula of Asia.

Not every society forces you to seek wage labour. This is only the case in capitalism.

What’s an example of a society that doesn’t require work?

You seem really hung up on the term” wage labor”. That’s not the only way to create or store value. But it is the most efficient. We could completely eliminate “money” but the concept of value would remain. And cooperation would only be more difficult and less efficient if I didn’t want to barter my chicken for your potato. Money, and “wage labor, regardless of who pays your wages, allow for the transfer of goods and services between individuals who don’t need the others goods or services now.

The government would hunt them down.

No they wouldn’t. Because except for your family and friends, nobody gives a fuck about you. It’s hilarious that y’all think this is even a possibility. I mean seriously, if I went missing tomorrow, would you know or care? And if not, why would anyone else?

Are you really stating this as a genuine option?! Do you know how fucking expensive that is??

This is absolutely an option. People all over the world do it every day.

Agitating for class consciousness and solidarity with fellow workers

Moving seems easier, quicker, and more effective. But this could work too. Carry on.

Anyway, always fun to chat with college communists. Have a great day.

You can - to a degree - choose who you work for, but to no extent can you choose whether you work.

That’s literally how life and any society works. Let’s rewind all the way to the beginning. If OP doesn’t like working in a society they can fuck off to the wilderness. But! Frontier survival would actually be more work and danger and less free time. Or, OP can move. But it turns out Western societies generally have shorter work weeks than the rest of the world. So what’s OP left with? Misplaced angst and the glaring unwillingness to take control of their own life.

I read OPs post. I quoted it back to you. Both you, and OP, are implicitly arguing that you should be able to both fuck off AND have the benefits of society. That’s actually one of the perks of a functioning society where a member who is to old, sick, or otherwise unable to contribute can be taken care of. Do one of these apply to you or OP? If not, you’re no different than the “already rich assholes” except that you’re takers who are bad at capitalism.

Anyway. Have a nice day.

Because nowhere has anyone said they oppose cooperation.

That is what OP is saying. They want to know what we’d do if we weren’t forced to sell most of our time.

Boy howdy that seems like an ENORMOUS difference.

I agree. But again, that’s not what OP is talking about. As we’ve established, any society requires cooperative work. Neither you or OP has argued that another system wouldn’t require OP to “sell most of their time.” If you’d like to make this argument you might be interested to start here.

What’s a society that isn’t premised on cooperation? Capitalism, communism, and essentially every other form of society are simply differences in how the money is divided up. They’re not differences in the belief that members of society have to work.

The options are not “accept things the way they are” and “bugger off into the wilderness”.

I mean, OP can move to a different society. OP could also stay and vote but I suspect that type of cooperative government might not be what they’re after. So yeah, in general, acceptance and fucking off are the only two real, immediate, choices OP can make. And in the context of this thread, asking OP this question is a great way to get to the point of their complaint.

That’s literally how societies work. You can do everything yourself, or you can cooperate with other people. Cooperating means spending some of your time doing their stuff so they spend some of their time doing your stuff. Cooperating means giving up some free time but probably having more free time overall.

As is, you can have hobbies and interests now. Society isn’t stopping you from that either. You need to realize that your happiness is your responsibility instead of projecting onto the rest of us.

A “not stupid” version of your question might have been “what would you like to spend more time doing.” But that’s not the question you asked. You decide to blame society for you being kind of a pathetic person.

There’s no goalpost shifting. You’re just upset. Because unlike OP who can make changes in their life and childishly refuses to, you feel trapped. But that doesn’t change OPs answer. OP should either fuck off or cowboy up and take ownership of their own life. And it only reinforces for you that you, too, are much better off in a society.

Anyway, best of luck with your illness. Have a nice day.

I think you’ve lost the plot. I simply assumed OP lived in a capitalist society since apparently that’s what’s keeping them down. They’re welcome to fuck off to China, but I suspect China won’t let them in.

So you’re saying OPs life is massively easier in their current capitalist society? 😂🤣😂

Pretty much the entirety of Central Asia, Australia, and everything in the US and Canada from the longitude of the Mississippi River through the west side of the Rockies. It took the US government five years to find Eric Rudolf and he was in a reasonably populated area and they were looking for him.

Not at all. Nothing is stopping OP from opting out. And nothing is stopping OP from having hobbies and interests now. The obvious subtext of their question is that OP wants to fuck off and do whatever, as long as it’s easy. They won’t leave because they’d have to work to survive. Which explains pretty much everything about why they don’t have hobbies now and it’s someone else’s fault.

You asked what we’d do if we weren’t forced to sell most of our time. I suggested a way you wouldn’t have to sell any of your time. So seriously, what’s stopping you? Is it that you want the benefits of the labor of others without contributing up to your own potential?

You can do this right now, OP. If you don’t like living in a society just fuck off into the wilderness and do you. There are enormous swaths of land in this world where nobody will ever bother you. What’s stopping you?

how do people find dates

Two main ways. My brother is very likable. To the point that it’s almost silly. Dude is 6 ft 3, maybe 300 lbs. He looks like an offensive lineman. He’s probably the strongest, roundest, happiest guy I know. When he was single he never had a problem getting quality dates. Even at his size. But it wasn’t just the charisma. Dude would shoot his shot and, if that didn’t work, he’d shoot his shoot again with the next lady. If you can talk a good game, don’t care if you miss and, ideally, be attractive, then you can slay it at the bars.

I am not as likable as my brother. But I’m funny. I’m decent looking. I treat ladies right. I have hobbies and interests. When I was single, my dates always came from my activity groups. Does it turn out Jenny from run club really likes music? Invite her to a show. And, here’s the key. Only invite people to things you’re going to do anyway. The line is “I’m going to the show this weekend, wanna come with me?” No matter what Jenny says, go to the show. Talk to the people that are there. Have a great time. If you have a great time with Jenny, terrific! If you don’t, or if Jenny doesn’t come, invite someone else next time. Common interests and quality time can take you a long way. Even if it’s a longer game than my brothers.