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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Alright, I'll bite. I'm a geophysicist. I'm in the "find the gold" part of that equation.

Finding gold costs money, in equipment, supplies, travel, bureaucratic fees, and more. Assuming that you don't have that money -- if you did, you could work for yourself and the meme wouldn't apply -- then that money has to come from somewhere.

So what you're suggesting is, rather, that capitalism is the root cause of the problem.

The only reasonable solution without completely overturning capitalism is that workers always get an equity stake in addition to their income. Is this what you would propose as a solution?

Tangent: I've set up !mining@lemmy.ca and !geologycareers@lemmy.ca a bunch of geoscience related communities there. I am a mod for r/geologycareers on Reddit. If anyone is interested in this side of the business, I hope you reach out.

[โ€“] iraq_lobster@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i used to watch yukon's gold on discovery. Canada is such a mining country.