• flooppoolf@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    They’re craving more money. We need to come to our senses before they find a way to make us live forever to work forever. If corpos could they’d copy your consciousness and make it do spreadsheets until the atmosphere burned up.

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      10 months ago

      They’re craving more money.

      That’s certainly many. I’m betting there are other craving meaning for their lives. When we define ourselves by our job, there I bet there is a percentage that find retirement uncomfortable and meaningless. They go back to work for meaning.

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        10 months ago

        I meant the corpos are craving money by claiming this is a good thing for everyone to do.

        If you’re an older adult, do whatever the fuck you want as long as you are mentally and physically able to.

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        I’m going to be 60 this year (I’m officially a boomer, yay me) and I’m about to start a new job. I absolutely enjoy my work and there’s no way I want to retire yet. I think I’m good at it, I think I have something to give to society, I find it fulfilling and - yes - I have kids at university, so I need the cash to support them.

        And before someone says ‘you can find fulfilment through volunteering’, yes - and I do plenty of that, but it doesn’t quite scratch the same itch for me.

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          And that’s fine. But the person you see behind the counter at CVS who clearly should be enjoying retirement is not likely there because they absolutely enjoy working at CVS. That’s the problem.

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          See, you’re an example of someone older who SHOULD be working since you actually WANT to rather than HAVE to. More power to you and I hope you get to keep working for exactly as long as YOU want to!

          Cases like yours isn’t what’s driving the increase though. A combination of economic desperation and pro-corporate gaslighting is forcing and/or coercing people who would prefer to retire to keep working many more years. THAT’S the majority situation.

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      10 months ago

      They’re craving more money enough to pay increased rent, food and medical expenses - FTFY

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        10 months ago

        The corporations are craving more money.

        Why would I be angry at old people you dolt

        Edit: I see what you’re saying about things having gotten more expensive. This wouldn’t happen if there wasn’t a need to hoard $1.2M to live through your 70s. But nope we chose this.