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It’s supposed to, but then you don’t get to 15 days per year, let alone 20 days in 2023. That’s 4 full working weeks in a year. I’m not saying people should be forced to work when sick, but something is off here. Looking at other stats, people aren’t sick that many days a year

That sick leave rate do be high tho. It’s not meant for a day off, Germany already has plenty of days off. Crazy headline

Thank you, nice quote.

I do think the hierarchy is the problem, not only who is in charge or how they transfer power. There is always tension between “give the people in charge enough power to get things done” versus “now they have too much power and are corrupt”, but by that point you cannot do anything about it. Democracy allows dictatorships to form in the name of government efficiency or the democratic will of the in-group majority.

If you rotate leaders, you will sooner or later rotate in the dictator. Ruling over others should be unacceptable across the board. This is what anarchists fight for. You can fight for that even if the system you’re living in is predominantly hierarchical. You don’t need to dream about a revolution that never comes, it’s all about changing people’s mindset over time.

The point of anarchism is the rejection of hierarchy. If enough people reject hierarchy, they would all be on board with not filling the power vacuum. That’s why establishing anarchism is much more than getting rid of the current despot. It has to be get rid of all those with power over others, get rid of the concept of hierarchy, get rid of wealth accumulation as power concentration, get rid of anyone even trying to rule over others. They would have no support with anyone, because everyone knows power corrupts and we’re not taking any chances. Nobody should desire to rule over others, if (1) nobody listens to you, (2) people will fight you, and (3) you, like everybody else, knows it’s morally wrong

I’m not saying all of this is practical, but that’s the idea. Dismantling hierarchy is difficult, but still not sufficient to establish anarchist society. People would just build a new hierarchy if not convinced that hierarchies in themselves are the issue

This cartoon is a classic

If Elon Musk finds a $100 bill in the street, it isn’t worth his time to pick it up

Good for calling it culture war. Nobody actually cares that much about what the money looks like, it’s about the idea and the propaganda, that money should be a vehicle to spread nationalism. I heard someone else say they should put Thatcher on there as well, if it wasn’t obvious enough

They can buy a house and live there, just don’t genocide everyone else, is that so hard?

Relax, you don’t have to lecture people.

They’re just employees of the shareholders, same as all the other employees. They don’t have that kind of power.

Just wanted to say this is a fantastic question and the people who claim otherwise have bad reading comprehension

Great company, though

Do we really have to explain to you killing is bad?

Found the landlord apologist lol

Alfie Kohn calls it working a second shift for kids

That movie is so fucking good, now I want to watch it again. Thanks for reminding me this masterpiece exists

I’m so frustrated Dutch media won’t bring this up. Jake Paul’s girlfriend is a Dutch ice skating celebrity, Jutta Leerdam. Everything that happens to either of them is considered news here, but they never bring up that he’s MAGA. Their popularity is nothing more than “attractive sports couple”. If people in the Netherlands knew they’re Trump supporters, they would not look at them the same way ever again.