• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Full Employment and Zero Protests go hand-in-hand.

    As soon as unemployment figures start climbing (2008, 2014, 2016, COVID-2020) people hit the streets and cops start working a lot of extra overtime.

    Imagine if people had a whole third weekend day to themselves. Imagine what they could spend their time doing that wasn’t entirely predicated on enriching their bosses?

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      8 months ago

      Imagine citizens actually learning how politics work and taking civic responsibilities for their own interests, instead of being chained to a job for every waking moment, and so zombified they don’t even know what day of the week it is.

      Happy people with stake in their own community. What a nightmare for the ownership class!