I see the issue as being that the majority of the workforce can’t find a job like the one you describe. Someone has to work in restaurants, someone has to be the helper, the janitor, the maid, etc. and the jobs, especially in IT at this point, that you describe are few, far between, and take years of training as well as connections and ALOT of luck to get into.

I appreciate this sentiment, but it’s an increasingly unrealistic goal for the majority of people in the west but especially in the US nowadays.

I’m glad someone brought the impact of the collapse of the USSR on the conditions of workers in the capitalist countries into this thread!

I was about to mention unions. If everyone feels the same way as OP and are looking for a solution, they should unite and form unions, as they have more power collectively than in an atomized state, and unions are really the only way to make any real gains for everyone.

Unions and the broader labor movement of the late 1800s to the mid 1900s is the only reason that we have the weekend, 40 hour work week, integrated jobs, minimum wage, social security, overtime, and all the other perks which we all take for granted.

This.

This sentiment is why I use Linux, build my own PCs, and use aftermarket OS on phones…I hate it too, and wouldn’t be surprised if somehow they’re already doing this or will soon if not.

Thank you!

Thank you. Aside from your point @ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk which I agree with, money isn’t what motivates me to do things, and I like to write and would like to share my thoughts, ideas, and analysis.

Correct answer.

I agree, especially if they were put under enough pressure, and were part of a movement without said commitment to non-violence

Exactly!

What’s the name of this documentary, if you remember?

The point isn’t to create jobs, the point isn’t to innovate, the point is to make as much profit as possible.

Also, labor is what creates that profit in the first place. Capital is mixed with labor to create more capital. People like musk and all of the other oligarchs can only have their wealth as a result of exploitation of the labor of the working class.

Israel has always been and will always be a means of destabilization of the region for the US. Yes, the US uses Israel as a launching pad and such, but mostly the US wants all of the nations in the middle east to be unstable at the least and failed states at the most so they can be more easily controlled and so the US can send in their corporations to extract the abundant resources which are under the ground that they stand on.