Did you ever think you’d be having this debate in 21st century?
@stokenewington @TheDroggin @HbdNrx @TruthWillLive @ReactionaryIan
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Sounds like you ended up in wrong field?
@HbdNrx@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan Work isn't like it used to be. Young people don't have the opportunities -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan that people had even in the 80s -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan And the nature of work has changed with the excess of labor. Employers -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan have much more bargaining power now. Hours are up in all professions -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan lawyers work far more hours than they did 40 years ago. -
@HbdNrx True, though some are bucking the trend now. -
@gracels so, I think it's important to look at these fields and ask why people are so much less happy in them these days. Mostly I - 4 more replies
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@HbdNrx@gracels@stokenewington@TheDroggin@ReactionaryIan Everyone is expecting all this fulfillment and then they realize a job is a job -
@TruthWillLive@HbdNrx@gracels@stokenewington@TheDroggin Work is for subsistence. Fulfillment comes from family. -
And if you don’t happen to have family, you’re doomed to misery?
@ReactionaryIan@TruthWillLive@HbdNrx@stokenewington@TheDroggin -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@HbdNrx@stokenewington@TheDroggin A lot of people are miserable because they wish they had one. -
@ReactionaryIan@TruthWillLive@HbdNrx@stokenewington@TheDroggin True. But that’s different. -
@gracels@TruthWillLive@HbdNrx@stokenewington@TheDroggin Most people want offspring. To leave a bit of themselves behind after they die.
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