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.

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.

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.

I've never understood this argument. "I couldn't not work because I'd be too bored/I need to feel useful/I need mental/physical enrichment, etc." You can be unemployed and still do things. You don't have to sit on your couch all day staring at the wall. You can take up hobbies, volunteer, travel, all without having to worry about a work schedule. I would retire in an instant if I had the opportunity.

They still do it for a reason.

Sometimes that reason is just "I want it like that but it doesn't exist"

There are plenty of reasons to work for "free" in FOSS. Having contributed to a valued project looks great on a CV, and sometimes it's just for passion.

Then they don't get to exist. Lots of really shitty jobs disappeared when we first introduced minimum wage. They disappeared because they weren't profitable. You don't hear about getting rid of the minimum wage now to bring back those jobs. We found new better jobs, that are profitable and benefit both parties.

Capitalism raised us and forced us to see things we love fail due to "market forces" so why not expose those big capital players to the same conditions we all face? Be good at business or be out of business.

Tough shit. I have bills too.

"But some people just have a shitty work ethic" is not the counterargument you think it is.

As for the difference in what a big business can afford vs a small one, that's tough. But if you fall behind on the expenses of doing business, you should simply be charging more. If you still can't afford something, while charging a fair (both to customer and proprietor) price, then you don't get just handwave it off and hire someone for less than they're worth.

A lot of "mom and pop" shops stay in business for decades and finally bite the dust because they refuse to adjust prices that should be orders of magnitude higher due the ever-decreasing worth of money itself.

Instead they try to match prices with giant companies, while providing three times better services because they actually care about both customers and employees in a way corposhits "optimize workflows" too hard to even afford considering.

If you're a boutique business, charge like one.

What? People don't do a great job? Who are you talking about?

Sir, this is the Marxist echo chamber, not a place for reasoned discussion.