I don't like to work

Obviously money is the biggest reason to get a job for most people but there's other reasons

if I could sit on my ass all day and play games instead I would

Really

I go to work because I need money

yeah

You'd probably get bored after a while

Probably

Sitting at home not talking to anyone or doing anything

I did the same thing, I hated working

I would still go out with friends and such

I had an entire summer off from work (I had a health issue)

And by the end of the summer I wanted to go back to working so badly

I was so bored and wanted to do something productive lol

But yea some people just do hate working but I think it's wrong for him to say "nobody likes working"

well if someone came up to me and said hey, i'll give you your yearly wage for free and you never have to work again I would do it

Your job gives you a purpose in life and a lot of people's social lives revolve around their job

That's why there's a lot of people who could retire if they want to, but still work because they love it

Money is far and away the reason people work as much as they do

A guy named Don who I work with retired 2 years ago

Command economies almost always fail

But came back to work again since he missed it so much

Even though he already has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life

He isn't doing it for money he does it because he misses working

Because they fail to take into account needs and other things adequately

?

Sorry

Working can provide personal fulfillment but money is what brings people back to jobs they may not like but are important economically

Yeah exactly

Not everyone can do what they love and get what they need at the same time

Working becomes their life in a way

Now imo the current work week should be reduced

But that’s not a reason to get rid of the labor market entirely

Work week?

Why

What's wrong with it

40 hours a week isn't bad, 8 hours of work 8 hours of free time

If hours keep shortening people will have to rely on multiple jobs to live

Lower income people who work jobs that pay an hourly rate often try to get as many hours as possible since the more hours = the more money, and since they aren't getting paid a lot and need as much as they can get

My friend keeps begging for overtime since he works 35 hours a week and that's not enough for him to live off of since we work low skilled jobs

The economy has been so fucked for the past 15-20 years it's really sad