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[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I don't have a choice. If I wanna do the kind of work I enjoy and pays enough to feed my family, I have to submit to corporate dictatorship.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

There is a difference even between an autocracy and a dictatorship. There's a difference between specialization and dictatorship.

The things you don't fully grasp should get questions; not the host outrageous label you can think of at the time.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

In a workplace you're trading your labour, skills, and time for money. Think of it more like a convenience store, do you get to vote for the guy behind the counter, do you get to vote for the prices of the products? How would a convenience store be able to function if the customers could vote on these things?

Democracy works with government because most voters are also taxpayers. There's a an incentive not to vote for things that aren't affordable because the people voting have to pay for it.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Plenty of businesses function with workers in control.

Also, the basic understanding (though not totally accurate) is that customers do vote on prices by choosing what, where, and when to purchase. The issue is they don't organize to vote on it, and businesses do shady deals to rig the vote.

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[-] v3x@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

cognitive dissonance or something

Every single civilization with every single type of governance in human history requires most people to work. That will continue to be the case for a long time into the future.

Is the current system perfect? No. However it does allow for a greater degree of latitude than basically everything that came before it. It also has safeguards to ensure there's some sort of safety net if you fall on hard times.

You also mentioned democracy. Assuming you live in America, you can vote in a way that introduces reform to the system.

Starting a violent revolution is a last resort sort of thing.

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