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I personally always imagined witches to be against capitalism, they literally want to be free to pursue their hobbies (witchcraft, gardening, and taking care of a cat).
Also the witch hunts were part of the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism. It was about limiting women’s access to birth control and growing the workforce. “Witches” were usually the midwives of their villages. Women had to be alienated from control over their own bodies before they could be forced into subservient roles as housewives and baby making machines.
Disenfranchising minorities, and especially women, has always been part of the capitalist playbook to keep us oppressed and attacking one another rather than uniting against them.
In my experience they are very much into fast fashion, buying all sorts of overpriced trinkets (many for spells and rituals of various kinds) and going on as many vacations and expensive outings as possible.
Just another market demographic.
i considered changing the character names to something else but didn’t want to sacrifice readability too much lol
If we’re talking about fantasy witches, don’t they usually exist at the outskirts of medieval-style kingdoms? They’d be against Monarchy, or Feudal Landlords, if anything. Witches also sell their services to customers that arrive at their huts, so they’re also usually mercantilists by trade.
Witch cooperatives would be pretty rad, though :D
I suppose that’s what covens are 🤔 or are they craft unions?
I mean, I guess they’re religious organizations, but they also function as some kind of trade union.
As a kid, I always wanted to be a trash truck driver. The way they stand on the grid platform and hang on to a handle at the back of the truck was the coolest thing ever to me. My other dream job was to be a train conductor. Maybe once IT bleeds out and dies I’ll switch to one of those.
Apart from one young teenager I knew who really wanted to become a tax consultant - all kids I’ve ever met, be it while I was small myself or while I was tutoring or parenting - want to have “simple” jobs, hands on jobs. Ask kids on the playground and you will hear vet, doctor, and astronaut said along with trash truck driver, waiter, and cleaning lady.
It always breaks my heart that these kids grow up and learn that society gives a crap about certain jobs, be it their low social status and appreciation for their work or their pay. Sure, interests also change when you grow up, but I bet if working conditions, social appreciation and pay were right, we would have much more people happily and freely choosing “low life jobs”.
PS as far as I know the teenager now has a career as a blogger focussing on queer issues with his bf in Berlin, he didn’t become a tax consultant after all.
That is a beautiful observation. Kids are so pure. Sounds like your acquaintance has it made for himself!
The desire to be a train conductor is still strong with me as well.
what if we 😳 held hands 🤲 at train conductor school 👉👈
What if we formed some sort of human train and you run it on me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I hate that I understand this sentence
Eventually you just accept the brain rot because the alternative is reality.
So… never
I’m surrounded by dilapidated mining facilities that were once the heart and soul of this region. Some of the villages around here look like ghost towns. Jobs go in and out of demand and IT isn’t immune to this. Already, things are changing. The job market is oversaturated with far more applicants than jobs. Work that would have paid 80k in the last decade now pays 60k in today’s money. I really don’t see any improvement to this trend on the horizon.
I mean, you don’t to wait for a witch to turn you into a garbage truck driver. You can just apply for the job. Go on. Go vibe
For some people maybe, but this is meant to address the idea that if we didn’t force people into “shitty” jobs through capitalist wage slavery, they wouldn’t get done. It’s extremely common to hear that retort whenever anyone suggests that our economic system that impoverishes the vast majority of the human race might be bad actually.
Did you miss step 1? Thats probably required to live a financially stable life with that job.
Well, you’ll probably need a CDL. But they’re not that hard to get
Yeah! In this case there is no reason not to live the dream.
Imagine if we all took turns riding on the back of the truck. Then we wouldn’t get bored with it and it would always be fun.
People play and like the computer game Power Wash Simulator. I bet we can make public sanitation jobs, or any other jobs we can’t automate, that fun and fulfilling.
Powerwash simulator has no right to be as good as it is. It’s an excellent, relaxing experience with an engaging story masquerading as a generic simulator game.
