Isn't it funny, though, how many people say they can't help working soulless jobs because the capitalist machine controls their lives, but they also say they refuse to feel the least bit invested in their jobs because because they don't let their lives be controlled by the capitalist machine?
Working purely for money and being emotionally detached from your work is one of the bad consequence of capitalism -- in fact it's the most hellish consequence of capitalism that most people working software development jobs are likely to personally experience. I don't understand why people working at adtech companies talk about being emotionally checked out all day as a healthy way to adapt to the system.
I grew up in East Germany. Socialist workers' paradise!
I can tell you that jobs sucked compared to comparatively capitalist West Germany.
(Basically, capitalism might or might not be bad; but incremental improvements to it have a much better track record that trying to switch to a completely different system.)
I agree! I work for a company that makes a product that I think is a positive force in the world rather than a destructive one. I work for less money than I could at Google or Facebook or Amazon and allow myself to get emotionally invested in the work, and I think having the opportunity to make that choice has made my life much better. I know this is a luxury that not everybody gets under capitalism, but I'm always confused that so many people who could have it willingly pass it up to make more money doing a job that they can only justify by pretending they don't have a choice.
Working purely for money and being emotionally detached from your work is one of the bad consequence of capitalism -- in fact it's the most hellish consequence of capitalism that most people working software development jobs are likely to personally experience. I don't understand why people working at adtech companies talk about being emotionally checked out all day as a healthy way to adapt to the system.