Man, this job is killing me! [Long rant on jobs and the alternatives]

[Edelweiss]

Never before in the history of jobs was humanity presented with this dilemma. In order to survive in today's world we need to bring in some cash because we are not self sufficient anymore but totally dependent. First on Mum and Pop, then generally the government or a corporation in other words we are addicted to money to sustain our lives. (This is by intention). So kids are herded into the school system (concentration camps) to produce good little dependent, order-taking, non-thinking worker drones who will labour diligently as wage slaves, doing their JOB (Just Over Broke – as Kiyosaki so eloquently put it). Because our parents did the same we likely followed their trusted advice and are now stuck in one as well. The job trap. It has been passed down like some religious belief, almost unquestioned. So how is it going for you?

Depending on when our suffering starts while on the job we might or might not awake in time realising that this really sucks the life and soul out of us. (My experience in large corporations is that probably only about 3-5 % really enjoy their jobs, and some of them might even be psychopaths. Check the sarcasm memes for a good laugh.)

Awaken a bit and you realise that today there is an unbelievable choice of alternatives and advice what you could possibly do instead. Fact or fiction? If true, wage slaves like most of us are not prepared for freedom, we're indoctrinated and deeply in the rat race living paycheck to paycheck to even consider an alternative.

That choice makes us suffer even more: The dislike of our daily drudge is compounded with the internet showing countless pretty pictures of successful people lounging with laptops on the beach and "you can do it too" seminars and newsletters books with catchy titles like "The 4 h work week".

 

Simply – jobs we don't enjoy (that is basically nearly all of them) will make us ill, psychologically first, then slowly and progressively physically.

Also the requirements just to hold a job are increasing rapidly. The last juice is being squeezed out of employees these days: I notice that lunchtimes, once holy, are disappearing. Meetings are held anytime, lunch is proudly ignored, efficiency is pretended, people are desking when they eat or skip it altogether. People report for meetings at 6 am unquestioned. One is required to always be available to the boss. Staying late again? Sorry to the wife and kids, again. Early start tomorrow? Yes, sir. Weekends, of course. Oversees tomorrow, naturally. Retirement is becoming an outdated concept and after you're 50 you will essentially be ready for the scrap heap as nobody will employ your outdated shell of a soul, and by then the benefit pool is empty and your retirement savings are worthless. The culmination of that is in the Japanese salary-man who is sacrificing his enire life for the corporation. Your death at the keyboard is the ultimate aim of your corporation and your government. Don't forget you are their asset and then of no more value to them.

I would even suggest that the Job is the biggest killer of mankind (genocidal), giving us a cocktail intestinal disease, mental disease (stress, fatigue, depression, addictions etc.), heart disease, obesity, occupational diseases and more – eventually pre-mature death. My dad died from it, I've done over 20 years and am affected by the fallout, too. It's essentially the biggest killer of "civilised" humans ever.

And general dependency is on the increase. But when you study alternatives it is almost impossible to switch and command an equivalent salary amount in another way without years of dedication and bridging loans. Not GRQ! It also appears by design that now only corporations are able to pay a wage that allows our survival. High specialisation of the better educated forces onto them very narrow choices requiring relocation of you and family, often internationally. Also jobs are disappearing. The consequences of no job are equally miserable – being totally dependent on handouts.

I believe the era of plentiful jobs is now ending. We need to prepare for a new time. With coporations aiming to hire less and less people and or replace them with robots and software there will be a revival of almost medieval style small craftsmen and specialists as already seen on contracting websites. Fierce competition will bring down wages – allowing a good living? The majority will be left on the sides looking for scraps.

I proclaim jobs are an obsolete concept for our time and the future. But then what will take its place? Universal basic income -yeah, right!

 

There is an agenda here:

Total global debt saturation, creating:

Bondage and dependence on government or corporation (the same, really) thus eliminating choices

Mind numbing distraction/entertainment

Reduction of the herd to purely productive serfs

Assimilation into some communist utopia (UN)

 

Discussion:

Have you, too, fallen for the job trap? Are you feeling conned or victimised?

Are you addicted to your salary fix?

Is your job sucking your soul? Are you ill from it?

Can there be a prosperous future without traditional jobs or communism? Without the intervention from some government body?

Are you prepared for the future?

What alternatives to a job (or occupation in exchange for money/currency) do you see for yourself or your children?

Do you teach your children an alternative concept to having a job when they grow up?

Do you believe concepts like Ikigai have practical merit for a change?