Well, this one hit a nerve, as an angry poor person living paycheque to paycheque; my daily prayer is a curse to the existence of all rich people.
I can relate agonizingly to the first boundary in that I would love to be able to do an unpaid internship, especially considering the 420 placement hours my program requires for me to graduate. Unfortunately, no matter how I slice it and when I decide to do the placement, I’m looking at 16-hour workdays with school + work. “Work or Starve” is not freedom, indeed!
Capitalists truly do decide, and I must dance like a puppet at the end of a string. If I may be quite honest, while nine to five is tyranny, then minimum wage is definitely some type of fascist paranormal activity.
Give me a living wage, you dicks!
Why am I stacking up hours like Lego, closing the store near midnight and opening the next day at 5am because I didn’t get scheduled enough hours to even cover my car insurance payment coming out this week. And then I wonder why I am mentally ill.
The government is a lobbyist dumpster fire, and I will box Doug Ford and all the elites when I see them in hell. With that, I will conclude this reflection with a lovely, “eat the rich” and a very, “bring back the guillotine.”
I apologize, this turned out to be a rant more than a reflection, but whatever, it is what it is.
References
Wright, E. O. (2016, April 12). But at least capitalism is free and democratic, right? Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2016/04/democracy-capitalism-freedom-friedman-wright-socialism
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