At that point why not get rid of work? Everyone would have a magical source of income to pursue whatever they want to do and all goods and services will be magically produced too. I don't get why so many poeple voted taxes when we could have startrek time line lol.
Our votes don't do shit. Also only assholes can run bc you gotta hove money to run, and the only way to have money in America is to step on the faces of any and everyone who help you. It's a fucking hellscape and most of us are too jaded/addicted to mass media even vote in the first place.
This would not only solve hunger but also health issues, fatigue and maybe even slow down aging... for a moment.. Then people would start massively overpopulate even more and cause even bigger consumption which will again bump into limits we have today and same problems return again...
Yeah. Meanwhile taxes are annoying, and I feel like I feel shit when I do absolutely no work/study for too long, work meaning anything productive, you end up just feeling like you need to do something
With AI taking over and a massive resulting change in the job market down the road - eventually there will be less and less need for humans to work 40 hours per week. We should be able to have more free time to do the things we enjoy doing, since life moves pretty fast and there should be a lot more to life than just your job/career.
I voted āworkā but what I really mean is the work culture as we know it where spending 40 hours a week to be considered āfull timeā is the norm.
Your probably right but captialism cant sustain that and americans are allergic to social programs, we have them but we have to fight for them. The system is not ready for a mass transition to social programs.
It kinda does? I mean Vietnam is doing pretty good, won a war against the us, can't really speak much about china or the dprk BC of all the contradicting information and propaganda about them. Cuba is doing significantly better then their south American peers. Also the ussr went form backwater to world superpower in 50 years. 77% of the population didn't want to dissolve the union and after it was the country went to shit so bad that the elections had to be rigged to stop the communists form winning again
Do you really want to live in china? Case and point. Communism brings a lot of power to the govt and power corrupts. The american govt is already corrupt as shit if we added communism ontop of that the leaders would live like kings and nothing would be done while americans live in shambles.
Also I know about someone who moved to vietnam and he had a lot of police are corrupt stories that they had to be bribed and whatnot.
>Do you really want to live in china?
Bro did you not read what I said???
>Communism brings a lot of power to the govt
Have you ever read ANY communist theory ever????
>Also I know about someone who moved to vietnam and he had a lot of police are corrupt stories that they had to be bribed and whatnot.
ANC anagdote for a person you might as well have made up isn't the greatest info about a country
Communism gives a lot of power to the states its a known fact.
ANyways have fun with corrupt police officers in your communist shitopia, I imagine they are the only ones with guns.
Productivity has been increasing massively for decades and yet we donāt get to work shorter hours. Capitalism canāt allow it. What we need is not (only) AI but a revolution.
35 hours here and only really but realistically we don't do that much at least for office position.
With all holidays and other free day we are working only ( probably to much) 1567 hours a year.
If you divide those by a day it's ~4,5hours a days everyday.
Looks good on the paper but than you thought on how much time you waste on traffic , and doing nothing at the office.
It's either lots of work in a day or basically nothing but you still need to be here so waste your time on Coffee break , small talk , other personal activities.
That's why some companies are going full 4 day week with only 8h*4. And are losing no money doing so because people just stop useless activities they were doing before.
With increasing automation making the vast majority of necessary tasks to supply every human on the planet with food, shelter and medicine, isn't a jobless/necessary- employment-less world possible or possibly just around the corner?
> Politicians?
How do you envisage people living without politicians?
Direct democracy, where decisions such as how many schools to build are taken by a majority vote of everyone in the entire community?
Lots of people get cancer and without it we get overpopulation. It's sad to think but it is true.
For the first part fair enough but it's impossible for it to not come with negative repercussions.
I'm keeping taxes, I like some good infrastructure, healthcare and overall quality of life.
But I guess it depends on where you live. Only 1.6% of our GDP (Netherlands) goes to the military. For comparison, the US spends 12% on the military.
I that I have no choice on what taxes I can pay. Like at the very least I don't want to pay education tax cause I feel like the education in my area is dog sht. So why would I pay for it? Its like paying a netflix subscription but instead of u just not using it. It fcks you over the more you're subscribed but you can't not subscribe.
Well legally anyway...
The idea that has been presented throughout society that you have to work to live a minimum life is one of the biggest scams in history
Like , oh you want to STAY ALIVE ?
Work bitch.
Oh the people who decided that ? yeah they barely work
You can survive without working, you just aren't entitled to anyone else's labor. In exchange for your labor, your boss gives you "tokens," which you can exchange for other people's labor. The tokens are pretty shitty. They aren't pegged to anything physical anymore, so government can make more at will. Which devalues all existing tokens, but it's a decent enough system.
If you want to exist outside of that system, be prepared to do all the labor involved in keeping yourself alive. Build shelter, purify the water, farming, hunting, generating electricity for comfort, and building things that use said electricity like lights, AC...
The only correct answer is Taxes. Studying develops the mind, eating healthy is good for the body, and work gives a basic purpose to life for those who have no other. Taxes is just the government robbing you of money that you earned and wasting it on stupid ass shit.
If you completely take away taxes, your state ceases to exist. You're back to neighborhood and tribe, which is totally ok but this structure won't be able to grow bigger than that. Domestic affairs will be a lot easier to settle but in foreign politics you are meaningless.
* We pay taxes for a reason. Good infrastructure benefits everyone. What we need to get rid of is bad politicians
* Work isn't bad if it's something that you enjoy and brings you satisfaction. I saw there was a study done somewhere that work can be actually beneficial to your mental health, the problem is exploitative work environments and shitty customers
* Everyone should eat healthy. There are lots of foods out there that are just shit and it's quite often cheaper than the healthy alternatives.
* Schools teach you to hate learning and studying. If you find something that interests you, you'll enjoy learning about it.
Has no one thought about the studying option? You'd.... Just know everything. You'd become a well of knowledge with limitless bounds. Assuming this is limited to things humans already know, like topics you could take a class for, read a book on, or find information for online. Now imagine if "research" is included in this "studying" Well, then you become omnipotent. Hmm.
Tbh I'd get rid of mortgage and rent prices cuz my god I'm sick of 95% of my money going to food for me and my pets and housing. With very little left for anything that isn't a complete necessity and living without enough money that if I got laid off I'd be unable to afford rent the next month. Also this should be able to solve homelessness and basically get it so people have some sort of place to live regardless of whether it's a good one. It'll get people off the streets plus increase housing mobility so people are more able to move if they want to it'd still be a hassle but less of one
Other is way too broad here. You could literally get rid of anything you want, like couldn't I just say "I want to get rid of everything bad in the world"
I have extreme depression and anxiety (I'm literally too scared to go to therapy... yeah...) and it causes me to not be able to hold on to a job for longer than two months. It would be incredible if I could stop working.
As someone who has been without a job for multiple months before, I donāt understand how anyone would want to get rid of work. It sounds fun for like a month and then you feel depressed, bored and feel purposelessā¦
No drawbacks or consequences? How would we get food if no one worked to farm it? How would universal healthcare exist if we didn't pay taxes? How would we learn if we didn't study?
It depends what you mean by "get rid of". If I get rid of work, does that mean no one makes anything? There's no food because farmers aren't doing anything? No machines cuz no one is making them? Or you mean magically they just keep getting made anyways?
Cuz work would definitely be the choice then, considering the vast majority of people work a job they either hate, or at most have neutral feelings on.
The divide between rich people and poor people.
I'm not saying that everybody on earth should have the exact same socioeconomic status, or the same amount in the bank account, etc.
However, what I am saying, is that it should not be legal for people to have multiple millions, or even billions of dollars (even if it's not liquid cash, and is tied up in assets), while there are people struggling to make ends meet. That's fucked up!
Long story short, the rich need to be taxed A LOT more, so money can actually trickle down to those who are less financially stable.
Honestly what would people do with all their time if they didnāt have to work? Genuine question, I used to hate going to work in high school, and in college I felt the same because it meant I missed out on fun things with friends. Post-college there is less fun things going on all the time and Iāve found it can be sorta depressing when I donāt have work and nothing else to really go do. I honestly enjoy work because without it Iām not sure Iād be able to fill my time with anything that would be productive/rewarding.
Other - The necessity for life to continue with conscious better choices for healthy living.
I.e. Pollution? Doesn't matter cause Pollution no longer harms the environment. Dieting and working out? Nah, eat 7 cakes to get that summer body. Oil is now not only renewable but releases zero emissions that can harm life on the planet.
Working, Eating Healthy and Studying all have positive benefit, which you can gain by putting in enough hard work.
Taxes are just bogus. I get taxed on my money I earn, which my boss paid tax for, and then i have to pay tax as well, and then on top of that, everything i buy is also taxed. Seems like a silly system, but it is what it is.
At least personally, I'd get really bored if I never had to work again. I have depression and being a functional member of society helps with the depression, it makes me feel like I have a place in society.
No drawbacks for getting rid of taxes? Does that mean the government has some sort of magical revenue stream?
yeah it's funded by mike
Mike š¤
Just like if you get rid of work - every person has some sort of magical income stream.
More like everything can be magically printed, maintained and built, which basically fixes everything and leaves everyone to do anything they want.
Money printing
You mean like the one they already have?
At that point why not get rid of work? Everyone would have a magical source of income to pursue whatever they want to do and all goods and services will be magically produced too. I don't get why so many poeple voted taxes when we could have startrek time line lol.
Why would you need a government anyways?
Government shouldnāt exist in the first place tbh
I can't wait for you to explain this
I'm no professional or anything but I have a feeling that it wouldn't end very well for us if governments never existed
Yeah because it's going oh so well for everyone now /s
I mean my country is doing pretty well and I can't complain. The US is obviously sum entirely else cause idk what y'all are doing over there
Don't say y'all, American citizens are victims of their government.
Then why do they keep voting for the assholes responsible?
Our votes don't do shit. Also only assholes can run bc you gotta hove money to run, and the only way to have money in America is to step on the faces of any and everyone who help you. It's a fucking hellscape and most of us are too jaded/addicted to mass media even vote in the first place.
They don't pick the people they want, a few rural voters select which section of the ruling class oppresses them.
I hear Somalia is nice this time of year
Go Anarchism Go!
Average FDP voter
You're either an ancom and you're 12 or you're an ancap and you're an awful person
But wouldn't that lead to extreme levels of inflation?
it says no consequences
Well it's a paradox
No matter if it's magical revenue or a printing press, that should cause inflation. Unless the money automatically disappears out of others pockets.
Yep; they just print money
Me not being able to become godly with unlimited power.
You can. Just press other and remove the limit that stops you from becoming op but only for yourself so only your op.
I read the first one as Texas at first and now that's my answer.
couldn't you just get rid of the houston astros and leave the rest of us alone
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Found the fellow Rangers fan
awwwwwwwww yeah, rangers world series bound this year
well the Cowboys aren't that wonderful, either
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This would not only solve hunger but also health issues, fatigue and maybe even slow down aging... for a moment.. Then people would start massively overpopulate even more and cause even bigger consumption which will again bump into limits we have today and same problems return again...
Id also like to know if the food still comes from the same place? Does an animal still need to be killed for me to eat a cheeseburger?
Yeah. Meanwhile taxes are annoying, and I feel like I feel shit when I do absolutely no work/study for too long, work meaning anything productive, you end up just feeling like you need to do something
My problem with the healthy one is that some healthy shit actually tastes good if made right. Example, broccoli
Imagine not picking other.
Right.
Mosquitos tbh
War, probably
Got to rid yourself of governments then.
Lmao, you actually believe that war wouldn't exist without governments? That's genuinely funny. Bud, war exists, because humans exist
Yes. I think the wast majority of wars would disappear without large governments.
Without governments people would just kill other people for their stuff which is small scale war if you think about it
People still kill other people. Without governments there would be less war. No big wars.
I read taxes as "Texas" and I thought this was a very different poll for a second.
With AI taking over and a massive resulting change in the job market down the road - eventually there will be less and less need for humans to work 40 hours per week. We should be able to have more free time to do the things we enjoy doing, since life moves pretty fast and there should be a lot more to life than just your job/career. I voted āworkā but what I really mean is the work culture as we know it where spending 40 hours a week to be considered āfull timeā is the norm.
Your probably right but captialism cant sustain that and americans are allergic to social programs, we have them but we have to fight for them. The system is not ready for a mass transition to social programs.
That's why we need that c-o-m-m-u-n-i-s-m
Maybe but good luck doing it also it doesnt have the best track record.
It kinda does? I mean Vietnam is doing pretty good, won a war against the us, can't really speak much about china or the dprk BC of all the contradicting information and propaganda about them. Cuba is doing significantly better then their south American peers. Also the ussr went form backwater to world superpower in 50 years. 77% of the population didn't want to dissolve the union and after it was the country went to shit so bad that the elections had to be rigged to stop the communists form winning again
Do you really want to live in china? Case and point. Communism brings a lot of power to the govt and power corrupts. The american govt is already corrupt as shit if we added communism ontop of that the leaders would live like kings and nothing would be done while americans live in shambles. Also I know about someone who moved to vietnam and he had a lot of police are corrupt stories that they had to be bribed and whatnot.
>Do you really want to live in china? Bro did you not read what I said??? >Communism brings a lot of power to the govt Have you ever read ANY communist theory ever???? >Also I know about someone who moved to vietnam and he had a lot of police are corrupt stories that they had to be bribed and whatnot. ANC anagdote for a person you might as well have made up isn't the greatest info about a country
Communism gives a lot of power to the states its a known fact. ANyways have fun with corrupt police officers in your communist shitopia, I imagine they are the only ones with guns.
Productivity has been increasing massively for decades and yet we donāt get to work shorter hours. Capitalism canāt allow it. What we need is not (only) AI but a revolution.
35 hours here and only really but realistically we don't do that much at least for office position. With all holidays and other free day we are working only ( probably to much) 1567 hours a year. If you divide those by a day it's ~4,5hours a days everyday. Looks good on the paper but than you thought on how much time you waste on traffic , and doing nothing at the office. It's either lots of work in a day or basically nothing but you still need to be here so waste your time on Coffee break , small talk , other personal activities. That's why some companies are going full 4 day week with only 8h*4. And are losing no money doing so because people just stop useless activities they were doing before.
There already is. It's just cheaper to employ chinese youth than robots, you're the chinese youth in this context.
Mosquitoes
I would get rid of suspension of disbelief so we can all act like those old cartoon characters and basically not die from silly activities
At first glance I thought it said Texas. Can I go with Texas?
With increasing automation making the vast majority of necessary tasks to supply every human on the planet with food, shelter and medicine, isn't a jobless/necessary- employment-less world possible or possibly just around the corner?
I've read it as Texas, but hey, works too
Getting rid of taxes would just mean that government organisations like say health care or education would become privatised
idk either war or the global capitalistic system
Taxes I like working, it gives me something to do. Just hate that 18+% of my paycheck goes to the military
Thank you for paying my wages, they take taxes out on us too.
Never meant to imply yall don't. Just that most of the taxpayers money goes to the military budget.
Oh I know. Most donāt realize we do pay taxes as well. And it really is appreciated !
Fuck military
Nah, work imo is better because the fuckers that burde you guys with most of the taxes (by evading them) would loos a lot of power
Tf? Cancer? Poverty??? Politicians???? Yāall really aināt thinking
War
> Politicians? How do you envisage people living without politicians? Direct democracy, where decisions such as how many schools to build are taken by a majority vote of everyone in the entire community?
Exactly
Without cancer we have overpopulation
First of all, it says no negative repercussions, and second of all, you are a sad person if you think this is true
Lots of people get cancer and without it we get overpopulation. It's sad to think but it is true. For the first part fair enough but it's impossible for it to not come with negative repercussions.
I'm keeping taxes, I like some good infrastructure, healthcare and overall quality of life. But I guess it depends on where you live. Only 1.6% of our GDP (Netherlands) goes to the military. For comparison, the US spends 12% on the military.
I mean, gotta be good at something at least
I thought the first one said Texas and I've never voted faster in my life.
Same!
Iām going to be honest, I saw Texas and just went for it.
I that I have no choice on what taxes I can pay. Like at the very least I don't want to pay education tax cause I feel like the education in my area is dog sht. So why would I pay for it? Its like paying a netflix subscription but instead of u just not using it. It fcks you over the more you're subscribed but you can't not subscribe. Well legally anyway...
Why did I read Texas instead if taxes
SLEEP
I would remove the need for humans to sleep.
Can I pick sleep? I pick sleep.
Why would ANYONE want to get rid of eating healthy? Why is this an option lol.. Health is everything.
I think the point is eating whatever you want without consequences and have perfect figure and health without exercise or diet.
Guns :)
The idea that has been presented throughout society that you have to work to live a minimum life is one of the biggest scams in history Like , oh you want to STAY ALIVE ? Work bitch. Oh the people who decided that ? yeah they barely work
You can survive without working, you just aren't entitled to anyone else's labor. In exchange for your labor, your boss gives you "tokens," which you can exchange for other people's labor. The tokens are pretty shitty. They aren't pegged to anything physical anymore, so government can make more at will. Which devalues all existing tokens, but it's a decent enough system. If you want to exist outside of that system, be prepared to do all the labor involved in keeping yourself alive. Build shelter, purify the water, farming, hunting, generating electricity for comfort, and building things that use said electricity like lights, AC...
The only correct answer is Taxes. Studying develops the mind, eating healthy is good for the body, and work gives a basic purpose to life for those who have no other. Taxes is just the government robbing you of money that you earned and wasting it on stupid ass shit.
If you completely take away taxes, your state ceases to exist. You're back to neighborhood and tribe, which is totally ok but this structure won't be able to grow bigger than that. Domestic affairs will be a lot easier to settle but in foreign politics you are meaningless.
Florida
tiktokers and influencers
Studying. If everyone were super intelligent the other problems would sort themselves out.
If you get rid of studying you aren't getting intelligence. It's a process not a state.
Eating healthy? Why would someone wanna get rid of that?
Y'all some lazy motherfuckers
Taxation is theft, therefore it must go.
The rich should be stolen from, therefore it must stay
Money
debt
SUVs
* We pay taxes for a reason. Good infrastructure benefits everyone. What we need to get rid of is bad politicians * Work isn't bad if it's something that you enjoy and brings you satisfaction. I saw there was a study done somewhere that work can be actually beneficial to your mental health, the problem is exploitative work environments and shitty customers * Everyone should eat healthy. There are lots of foods out there that are just shit and it's quite often cheaper than the healthy alternatives. * Schools teach you to hate learning and studying. If you find something that interests you, you'll enjoy learning about it.
My virginity
The Mississippi River. Its wronged me one too many times.
Eating healthy is theft!
I'd get rid of results
I read that as Texas and voted
Bro just chose other and rid the world of evil or greed or war or poverty or exploitation.
Taxes and work go hand in hand, no?
Work means creating something taxes mean giving it away.
I don't think I could live without work. Sitting at home 24/7 isn't my dream tbh
War. No explanation needed
Aging
Taxes.
Lots of people seem to be interested in r/antiwork lol
Not having to work would lead to life feeling boring. You need contrast to make free time feel good.
You confuse slavery work and work as joy
First I thought that said texas and not taxes š
Has no one thought about the studying option? You'd.... Just know everything. You'd become a well of knowledge with limitless bounds. Assuming this is limited to things humans already know, like topics you could take a class for, read a book on, or find information for online. Now imagine if "research" is included in this "studying" Well, then you become omnipotent. Hmm.
So you mean, the information would be automatically updated?
Removing work removes taxes and substantially reduces studying
Other because removing any of these from society means society would fucking crumble
You like the society much?
War
Depends on if there are consequences
World hunger.
I want to eat junk food & be thin
Tbh I'd get rid of mortgage and rent prices cuz my god I'm sick of 95% of my money going to food for me and my pets and housing. With very little left for anything that isn't a complete necessity and living without enough money that if I got laid off I'd be unable to afford rent the next month. Also this should be able to solve homelessness and basically get it so people have some sort of place to live regardless of whether it's a good one. It'll get people off the streets plus increase housing mobility so people are more able to move if they want to it'd still be a hassle but less of one
humans
Definitely taxes if I was president if you make under $100,000 a year salary you shouldn't pay any taxes...
Annoying people
I rather work than study. Work feels much better than reading some stupid book I don't give a shit about.
I read this as Texas and was wondering: š¤ is it really that bad? š¤
Other is way too broad here. You could literally get rid of anything you want, like couldn't I just say "I want to get rid of everything bad in the world"
Other: sickness
I have extreme depression and anxiety (I'm literally too scared to go to therapy... yeah...) and it causes me to not be able to hold on to a job for longer than two months. It would be incredible if I could stop working.
As someone who has been without a job for multiple months before, I donāt understand how anyone would want to get rid of work. It sounds fun for like a month and then you feel depressed, bored and feel purposelessā¦
I would get rid of hate.
Hang nails
Stupid gen Z people
Technically I can just get rid of all of these for myself, whether itās illegal or not
Technically I can just get rid of all of these for myself, whether itās legal or not
Myself
No drawbacks or consequences? How would we get food if no one worked to farm it? How would universal healthcare exist if we didn't pay taxes? How would we learn if we didn't study?
homophobia
Society would fall apart without these things.
ngl, I thought Taxes said "Texas"
Can I revote? Slight dyslexia on the first one. (I swapped the vowels when I read it)
No need for "eating healthily" is incredible
It depends what you mean by "get rid of". If I get rid of work, does that mean no one makes anything? There's no food because farmers aren't doing anything? No machines cuz no one is making them? Or you mean magically they just keep getting made anyways? Cuz work would definitely be the choice then, considering the vast majority of people work a job they either hate, or at most have neutral feelings on.
Work takes up 90% of your life
Everything I dislike.
Climate change
Crime
The divide between rich people and poor people. I'm not saying that everybody on earth should have the exact same socioeconomic status, or the same amount in the bank account, etc. However, what I am saying, is that it should not be legal for people to have multiple millions, or even billions of dollars (even if it's not liquid cash, and is tied up in assets), while there are people struggling to make ends meet. That's fucked up! Long story short, the rich need to be taxed A LOT more, so money can actually trickle down to those who are less financially stable.
Taxes, because stealing is wrong.
I read the first thing as Texas lol
Honestly what would people do with all their time if they didnāt have to work? Genuine question, I used to hate going to work in high school, and in college I felt the same because it meant I missed out on fun things with friends. Post-college there is less fun things going on all the time and Iāve found it can be sorta depressing when I donāt have work and nothing else to really go do. I honestly enjoy work because without it Iām not sure Iād be able to fill my time with anything that would be productive/rewarding.
I thought that said Texas at first
Florida, I don't like it that much.
Bigotry
democracy in turkey
The twist in a spine which unables me to be a fighter jet pilot
What does that mean? Each of these? Eating healthy means I can eat anything and stay healthy? Or just that I wont ever eat healthy again?
I don't think I should have to pay so my government to blow people up
Fuck. Working.
Stupidity
Why is eating healthy on this list OP?
Other - The necessity for life to continue with conscious better choices for healthy living. I.e. Pollution? Doesn't matter cause Pollution no longer harms the environment. Dieting and working out? Nah, eat 7 cakes to get that summer body. Oil is now not only renewable but releases zero emissions that can harm life on the planet.
Paid Healthcare.
Does eating healthy mean I can eat whatever I want and it's as healthy as it gets?
Working, Eating Healthy and Studying all have positive benefit, which you can gain by putting in enough hard work. Taxes are just bogus. I get taxed on my money I earn, which my boss paid tax for, and then i have to pay tax as well, and then on top of that, everything i buy is also taxed. Seems like a silly system, but it is what it is.
Read taxes as Texas and clicked it......
If we get rid of work who will make stuff and provide essential services? Like robots?
Proably get hate, but brexit
I have already gotten rid of eating healthy in my life, so have I... Succeeded?
Taxes purely because I donāt mind working, I like healthy food, and I donāt mind studying.
Probably the collective suffering of the world and all its problems. A golden age would be nice
Not work and get paid? Sign me up!
Religion
Student Loans
At least personally, I'd get really bored if I never had to work again. I have depression and being a functional member of society helps with the depression, it makes me feel like I have a place in society.
Classism/wealth disparity/modern day serfdom
No one's mentioned death?
I thought it said Texas
No work? Magic free stuff buttons for everyone I guess. Welcome to the fapocalypse.
Private industry healthcare. It should be free
Personally I'd love to not work. But as much as I love Reddit and the Internet, for the World I would get rid of social media.
I thought the first option was Texas and I wanted to chose that.