I wanna quibble with this just a little bit. People work. Left to their own devices, with their needs met, people will dedicate their energy toward generating value.

What no one wants to do is a job, which is an arrangement by which several of us have to do more in exchange for less so one of us can do nothing all day and then complain that "nobody wants to work anymore".

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

When people say "nobody wants to work", what they mean is nobody wants to work for them. People will work for themselves, for people they care about, or even humanity in general, but I think it's fair to say nobody ever wanted to work just to make money for someone else.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If left to my own devices, I'll generate art. I give it away and almost never sell it. A lot of it is bad art and has no value.

[–] version_unsorted@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah dude, it is only "bad" and "has no value" in this capitalist economy. Keep making art, it is valuable.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks! I've never let it bother me. I make funky stuff for my own amusement. I go by the horseshoe theory that priceless is the same as worthless on the 'value' scale. Maybe it's more like an ouroboros than a horseshoe? Anyway, I'm not afraid of making things for the "art bin", I make it to exercise the idea.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I love doing art for just for the sake of it

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I love it when people describe things by their function to pull the rug out from under the label people who bastardize meaning!

[–] giggling_engine@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Very well put.

I always like to say that I love my job, but I hate my boss and my stupid colleagues because they always seem to be getting in the way OF DOING MY FUCKING JOB. In 2023 it seems like work is more like a highschool popularity contest rather than about giving value to the company.

So in practice, I hate working. But it was never about the job. The narcissists are the ones ruining it.