Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

  • stoly@lemmy.world
    17·
    8 months ago

    why work hard when the social contract has been severed;

    There never was this. We had strong unions from the 1930s until the late 1970s. Since then, it’s been non-stop capitalism fests.

    • Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world
      81·
      8 months ago

      That’s because the job wasn’t finished. People thought we could negotiate with capitalists.

      Sure you can get a peace deal, just like you can get one with putin. The 1% kept soaking up the stolen surplus labor value, and have used that power and wealth to take us right back to the gilded age. when the time comes, no reforms… just a new way of life. We tried reforms yall. It did not work