Conservatives furious at PM’s ‘naive’ meeting with Musk ahead of last Westminster session before election

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      Agree, but I think the converse is true too - if you don’t get any meaning from your work then you also have a problem.

      People like to feel productive, like they’re accomplishing things with their time - it’s why a lot of people find the transition to retirement tough to begin with. Our jobs are where most of us spend a big share of our waking hours during the week from our early 20s to our 60s - you’d better hope it’s something that can give you some meaning. A huge number of friendships and romantic relationships start off in the workplace. I know multiple children who exist because their parents once sat a few desks away from each other. So if the only value someone gets from their job is the pay cheque, then that person probably isn’t in a very good place either.

      Anyone, that’s not my point in posting this. My point was to laugh at the useless Tories.

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        Jobs should provide all of that, unfortunately they probably don’t. The vast majority of employees are stuck in jobs that make them feel incredibly undervalued at best, and downright exploited at worst. And they deal with this, safe in the knowledge that their hard work guarantees them…maybe enough money to pay their mortgage, if they’re really lucky.

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        Make pottery, craft things from wood, go fishing for food, look after animals etc etc.

        Imagine that you could do anything you wanted. Sure, many will be happy putting their feet up or doing their favourite leisure activities full time. But some will still be driven to work on this or that.

        Honestly, I hate the Tories, but I find the repsonses here intellectually dishonest. They’re not saying that “there will be no work”, they’re saying that you won’t need to work.

        Pay me the salary I’m on now to stay at home and I’d quit today!

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            Because you’re producing artisan goods rather than the same old mass produced bollocks. People will always be willing to pay for a human touch.

            Besides, in a world where you don’t need to work, it’s not always going to be about pay. For some people, work is their passion.

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          Yeah, I get that. From my perspective I’m laughing at the total political naivety of Rishi’s Musk interview more than anything else.

          I certainly dream of a post-scarcity Star Trek future where we all work for personal passion and societal advancement rather than because we need to pay the bills - but the point of that future is that we still chose to work, because sitting on our arses all day for months on end is not something that healthy humans tend to do. We need things to keep our minds occupied, but I get that we feel differently about doing these things out of choice than out of necessity.

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      A job gives us money. We need money to pay for all the tax breaks the billionaires are getting.