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==Causes== | A lot of people spend most of their lives working jobs they hate. Jobs that are physically & mentally harmful to health. | ||
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{{pbr}}~ Examples of jobs that harm the body and/or mind. Plus, how it's physically possible to do them without such harm, if bosses/economics were to allow. There are plenty of examples! | |||
{{pbr}}~ Statistics about how many hours people work (average / per capita) (notice that there isn't a lot of difference between so-called "capitalist" and so-called "communist" countries) | |||
{{pbr}}~ {{light|[lower priority] Statistics about how many people hate their jobs (note: such studies are hard to conduct; results should maybe be taken with a grain of salt)}} | |||
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* On an ''individual'' level, this seems 'necessary' for survival - but on a ''collective'' level, it is not. Most of the work that society needs done, ''can'' be done without much suffering. There ''are'' good solutions, which would be perfectly viable if economics & politics didn't get in the way. This page is a place for thinking beyond the status quo. | |||
==Causes of overworking== | |||
===Under capitalism=== | ===Under capitalism=== | ||
* High [[cost of living]], such as [[high housing prices]] | * High [[cost of living]], such as [[high housing prices]] | ||
* Employers' profit motives that often conflict with the wellbeing of workers | |||
==Solutions== | ==Solutions== | ||
{{empty}} | {{empty}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Labor]] - general page <!-- TALK: should some of its content be moved to here? --> | * [[Labor]] - general page <!-- TALK: should some of its content be moved to here? --> | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 30 August 2024
A lot of people spend most of their lives working jobs they hate. Jobs that are physically & mentally harmful to health. discussion TODO: Add to this page: ~ Examples of jobs that harm the body and/or mind. Plus, how it's physically possible to do them without such harm, if bosses/economics were to allow. There are plenty of examples! ~ Statistics about how many hours people work (average / per capita) (notice that there isn't a lot of difference between so-called "capitalist" and so-called "communist" countries) ~ [lower priority] Statistics about how many people hate their jobs (note: such studies are hard to conduct; results should maybe be taken with a grain of salt)
- On an individual level, this seems 'necessary' for survival - but on a collective level, it is not. Most of the work that society needs done, can be done without much suffering. There are good solutions, which would be perfectly viable if economics & politics didn't get in the way. This page is a place for thinking beyond the status quo.
Causes of overworking
Under capitalism
- High cost of living, such as high housing prices
- Employers' profit motives that often conflict with the wellbeing of workers
Solutions
This section has not been filled in yet.
See also
- Labor - general page