• LordAmplifier@pawb.social
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    7 months ago

    90 hours a week is just insane. But so is working 40 hours a week tbh. I understand that many people need to work fulltime in order to provide for themselves and their families, but they shouldn’t have to. Nobody should have to give up 5 out of 7 days of their life to sustain a moderate quality of life. We (humanity) should be better than that.

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      give up 5 out of 7 days of their life to sustain a moderate quality of life

      Darn tootin’, we need Universal Basic Income!

      I will say some people in some industries can give up 40hr/wk of their lives from their laptops at home and sustain a phenomenal quality of life. That should def be a choice available to those who care to make it. (And the privileges necessary to be qualified to work those jobs should be afforded to all, of course.*)

      *not sure how this sentiment would survive a truly level global playing field with 8bil equal competitors, but don’t wanna be too domestically biased

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      7 months ago

      I’d rather die a painful death than work 90 hours. Even 40 hours is worse than the worse thing I’ve otherwise gone through (life threatening dehydration).