Hey looking for anyone who has been to or lives near hard labor creek state park that can point me towards a fun off roaring trail good for trucks or jeeps.
Any advice is much appreciated.
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I feel like a lot of people here are running head first into centrist attitudes to appease the growing attention and critique of this sub. I see so much justifying about your work ethic, or that you really want to work but just want to be compensated fairly. Capitalism is NOT JUST. It never will be. And if you want to labor, that's fine, but when that attitude starts to shadow over the more radical attitudes that this sub has harbored, you dilute some important stuff. I am stoked about the seeds of what I hope is a growing labor movement right now, and I love how much workers are understanding their worth and power. But it always feels like there's the caveat of, "see?? We really want to work for you, just stop literally killing us, just for a second, and then it'll all be good."
I don't want to have to EARN a living. I want to choose how I spend my time, what I create, and still have the safety of stable shelter, food, and health. I don't want a boss. I want to live in a free and fair society, where wealth doesn't rule everything. I want to create things in my community, with those people, and for our collective betterment. I love working with my hands, I love building things, and if I didn't have to worry about paying Some Random Guy most of my money to live in a house I'm not allowed to even paint the walls of, I could actually spend my time doing constructive, productive, creative things.
Realistically, there should be UBI, full medicaid for everyone, housing should be socialized, and mega wealth should be stripped and redistributed immediately. These aren't radical views. These are simple first steps in a more just society. This is what antiwork means to me.
Edit: A lot of people responding seem to be under the impression that I don't do anything, or that I'm asking for advice on how to function under capitalism without being a wage slave. I am a trained, skilled professional who lives a fairly comfortable, independent life. The only reason I say this is because it seems like a lot of y'all think the only people that hold these views are "unskilled, lazy leaches who just want a hand-out," (which, surprise, those people deserve comfort, too). I want a better society because nobody should suffer, and we all deserve a comfortable, happy existence.
Edit 2: To address the concerns of "well who would work then???" I, personally, like to buy things, and travel places, and do fun things. I would gladly do work under good conditions to make money to do t
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I remember three to five years ago, I literally had little to none work experience besides working in a restaurant. When I started applying to jobs related to my degree it was easy to land an interview. I remember after college it took me two months to find a job, and I felt that was long compared to my peers.
Now, near impossible to get an interview. Three years ago, every 5 applications I heard back. Today, I had to start freelancing because when I left my job for covid reasons, I couldn't find anything else.
Is this labor shortage at McDonalds, because everyone I know who is also seeking jobs in different industries, is facing the same thing? I know people who have been looking for work for 6 plus months.
Sorry for the rant, but did something change in the last three years? I just never remember anyone struggling to find work in America (at least in my circle, I understand everyone has different experiences!).
Could I be doing something wrong? I really want to know, are there new systems in place for hiring? New software being used by HR? Or is the labor shortage just bullshit and just minimum wage jobs are looking for employees. To be honest I rather move back with my parents than work a minimum wage job, and slowly lose my savings. It's all just very depressing to me. I used to like applying to new jobs, now it's become a nightmare. Has covid took out everyone in minimum wage and food service jobs and brought them in the office?
suddenly the gnomes who rip your penis off appeared and ripped off my penis
It annoys the hell out me when he pays shitty wages, expect the maximum effort from me, and to be able afford a car on 11 dollars an hour. Another thing that annoys me is last year he said he was unable to give me a job despite him spending 1,000,000+ dollars on land and a rare charger a few months after the covid recession. The best thing he said I could do is give me a job picking thistles on his new land land for 10 dollars an hour and still he cheated me and only payed me back 50 dollars for 10 hours work.
This year he got me a job doing framing at his business. After a couple of weeks of shitty pay, having to get at 5am in the morning, having to drive 30 minutes commute to work and dealing with horrendous work conditions I stopped showing up for work and this piss my dad off so much. He was like why didn’t you show up to work, I told him I was sick of getting paid jack shit, he respond by saying “YOu DOnT KnOw wHaT yOu ArE TAlKiNg AbOut!” and he threatened to ground me if didn’t show up again.
How ignorant can conservative parents get! Minimum wage was 7.25 12 years ago and if you add inflation instead being payed 11 dollars an hour he would actually be paying me 8.35 dollars an hour. If he excepts me to show up to work he should pay more. I also threatened to quit my job and go work at the retail jobs that were closer and payed more than he would. This sent into a long rant on how I learn nothing at these jobs and that I would be not able to progress to higher positions, and not like I learned anything at his job nor be able to progress. At the jobsite all I did was spend 95% of my time picking trash and hauling heavy materials in 100 degree weather rather than do actually framing. He spent 200 dollars on construction equipment which was the biggest waste money he could have ever spent for me.
A few months after the summer I ask for a basic laptop for school and other stuff. He said it was too expensive and then he spent 7500+ dollars on a fucking 4 wheeler and gun ammunition after he came back from a expensive hunting trip in the mountains. He got angry at me for not buying car for myself and I told I didn’t have the money for it especially for the insurance. He said hard work is what help him succeed in life not like all the luck, the right connections, or the prodigious birth lottery winning he had.
