Universal basic income could help us achieve this. There are people working right now to make this a reality in America
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There was a time back when this was possible.
Bikers back in the day would work construction or some other hard labor for half the year and then hit the road for 2-4 months.
The partial working income was enough to cover all thier bills, the bike/gear, motel stays and drinking.
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In controlled environments, maybe — however those controlled environments still interact with currently established economies.
I'm just not convinced that UBI scaled up will actually result in anything other than what takes place in the Expanse.
I think it's less the interaction with currently established economies and more that it would never pass without ~~lobbyists~~ Congressmen sabotaging the law to make it fail and then using that to say, "See!? UBI doesn't work ~~(when you set it up to fail)~~!"
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I retired 25 yrs ago and it's still not enough time to do all the stuff...3 months a year won't cut it 😁 Gaming alone takes a lot of time lol
I have 7 weeks of paid leave yearly to use as I please, however, my autism makes taking more than two weeks of pause together a struggle. I need my routines, even the work one. I found that taking small breaks of 2-3 days often (save for the 2 weeks I take in summer) works much better for me than taking a long pause. Longer pauses screw with my routines and they are actually worse and more draining than small and frequent pauses.
Of course this is because I have to work, if work weren't a necessity, I'd be perfectly well without it because I'd create routines to occupy the time I spend working.
i take 6 weeks of unpaid leave every year, additionally to my 5 weeks of paid leave. i can only recommend it.
There are not many employers that allow that in my experience.
There aren't many people I know who can't afford it, in mine
Tell me you’re not in Europe without saying you’re not in Europe
I get that it's fun to dunk on us Americans, but do you really have 3 months paid time off from work every year?
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Was going to comment the same thing 😅
I'm in Europe and I feel the same way as op.
You'd have a revolution on your hands if hard working people suddenly realized what they were missing when the 3-month vacation is denied them the next year.
I can only hope that the US goes through a revolution in the near future. I'm so tired of hearing about how poorly treated we are compared to other countries around the world. American #1 my ass. The things that the US ranks high in are considered the worst things to be highly ranked in. (Unless you're a lunatic, dictator, oligarchy at wits' end, etc.
We could have that and more, but the shareholders don't approve.
I live in a Scandinavian country. 6 weeks off with pay is alright. Dont really need more at this point.
Cries in United States
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Got laid off a couple of weeks ago, been chilling with my 6 and 9 year old niece and nephew, been going to the beach/pool everyday. It’s heaven (need to get a job though).
We shouldn't be limited to a summer break we should do seasonal breaks instead. I would cover the summer season if someone else would cover my autumn or winter.
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Still just posting whatever to meme communities, eh?
You're welcome 😊
Our European counterparts are laughing at us, who don't take a month off every year. And for some reason, this is how I see them doing so.
I'm not really a Marxist but I do believe in "Workers of the world, unite!" and that includes Yankees. Laughing at your misfortune because I'm getting fucked with slightly more lube would be kinda short sighted.
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I am indeed laughing exactly like that
Eh. In practice, we're fairly abused as well. I may have more holidays than my US counterparts, but in reality I can only take vacation when the schedule of the company allows it, which is never more than a week at a time at best and like three days in a row realistically.
In my country you get almost 1 month of vacation time with extra days depending on work (I work Saturdays too so I get extra 4 days because of it) of which it's actually mandatory that you take 2 weeks in one go so you really unplug yourself from work. The rest is as you please.
Depends on a country of course yeah, my home country has a law that forces us to use continuous, uninterrupted, 3 week vacation in a year.
Same here, buts it's 2 weeks
Same, I hate it. But I am glad it exists.
YEAH THAT SOUNDS FUCKING HORRIBLE, TORTURE REALLY.
I however am the rare american who is enjoying my third uninterrupted week of total freedom. This is because I was fired from my job three weeks ago. Corporate restructuring my ass.
The time is nice and I did get some severance, but there is zero enjoyment knowing that if I don't land a job soon, I will be hard fucked. Sorry kids, we are canceling music lessons, and any other recreations until your loser unemployed parent can get work again. Wheee!
I hate it because I'm forced to take it, even if I'd want to take 2+2+1 week instead.
Many times if be much better off being able to not take three consecutive weeks off and use that time at other parts of the year. The 3 weeks also HAVE to be taken in June, July, or May. I hate summer and prefer staying indoors and working in AC.
Let me take those 3 consecutive weeks at any time of the year and it'd be great. I'd love to go snowboarding for 3 weeks.
BUT I am glad the law exists at all, forcing employers to give people proper vacations.
That seems to be highly dependent on location...we also have to coordinate with the needs of the company where i live, however we are still entitled to minimum 3 weeks vacation during summer (june-august) and at least two of them back to back regardless of the needs of the company.
Also very dependent on the type of work you're doing. If a certain amount of people need to be on site and you need to coordinate that, things get more difficult.
If I were to put in two weeks back to back, there's nothing they could legally do to stop me, true. But since we don't even have a union at my job, retaliation is guaranteed. Considering it took me the better part of five years to get the job in the first place, the result is that you unfortunately don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Sounds like a crazy toxic workplace TBH, I have never worked somewhere where 3 weeks coherent summer vacation wasn't the norm in the entire company, with the remaining 3 weeks at your disposal for the rest of the year. We're generally not unionised in my profession where i live either, at least not in the private sector.
the result is that you unfortunately don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
*the hand that steals 99.9% of the value you create and leaves you with a few crumbs.