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by Jiro 1103 days ago
If work was enjoyable, people would do it for free. And if someone else would do it for free, nobody's going to pay you for it.
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> If work was enjoyable, people would do it for free.

If work was enjoyable, and their bills were still getting paid.

Can we stop pretending that the overwhelming majority of people aren't working because they have to?

Who "has to"? The meth tweaker on the street still eats every day. But participating in society is a vector validation/belonging and cash for other niceties.