• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If I didn’t have to work, I’d probably end up doing the same job I am now but for schools and local government, rather than for large companies. And I’d also be doing things like building and maintaining community gardens, or teaching anyone who wanted to learn what I know, because then there’s more people to help me out and I can relax more.

    • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Personally I’d love to help with community gardening initiatives… sort of.

      I’m presently working on an indoor root crop system for urban dwellers, just as a hobby. I don’t actually want to profit off it, I want to develop it to help fix the world, but with the present system, I feel the absolute need to monetize it in some way, which is anathema to how I want to exist and it being low cost and accessible for low income households.

      Capitalism hinders progress. It’s really sad and demoralizing.

      I’m going to release it for free anyway when it’s done - when it’s a reproducible system and not just an interdependent idea - but it’s never going to benefit me, and that sucks because I’m poor lol