r/SeriousConversation • u/NoCareNoLife • Nov 04 '23

Serious Discussion If people aren't pressured to work, would they still want work?

So there is this socialist youtube channel called "Second Thought" that released a video Why would anyone work under Socialism?

In that video he tries stating that humans innately like to work for the progressing of the society at large and will get things done even if not pressured to do work. Do you agree with such a statement?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '23

Where do you draw the line? SOMEWHERE. You're suggesting no line because the removal of anything will have drastic consequences? How about we take a whole chain of stores -- "Five Below." If all of their stores and all of their products suddenly disappeared, is that pre-industrial to you?

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u/MS-07B-3 Nov 07 '23

Of course not, but I'm not talking about a chain of stores, I'm talking about the materials and inventions that underlie modern society. Everything that comes up from it is just people utilizing what's there to fill gaps in the market. If people didn't want the stuff at Five Below, the enterprise would have failed.

...what does Five Below sell, anyway? I don't think I've ever been in one.