Degrading shitwork

If we assume a person sleeps 8 hours a night and works a full time job, 40 hours a week, that person would nearly half their waking hours at some place of employment. And for what?

The con of wages is that by definition you are being paid less than what you have earned. If you are creating 15$ an hour of goods or services, you will be paid less than this. Otherwise how would an employer not spend everything on labor costs? The actual value, the full value of what you have created flows up the pyramid to those who own or manage the work you are doing.

Most people go to a job they don't like to make other people rich in exchange for not having to sleep in a dumpster.

Essential Anarchist Texts

The Conquest of Bread

by Peter Kropotkin

The definitive work of anarcho-communism, Kropotkin's profoundly idealistic work envisions a society founded on unceasing cooperation between all people. His intense love of mankind glows from behind the pages. Is it naive? Probably. Will the whole world ever follow what Kropotkin proposes as the best system? Probably not. But still, one of the oldest and most venerable of anarchists should be read by anyone seeking a full view of libertarian economics.

Blackest Night

*spoilers*

As much as the cynic in me recognizes the inherent con of a never ending series of massive company crossovers, the sucker in me can't help but read them.

Blackest Night is DC's current ongoing event. So far I respect it for a number of things. The first is explicitly dealing with the concept of comic book death. Why is death a revolving door for certain people? So far the question has only been raised, but I hope it will be dealt with. Blackest Night: Batman was good. It had both Tim and Dick trying to deal with the fact they will never see their parents again. And a guest appearance from the ever lovable Deadman!

The main series has so far chewed through characters like a lawnmower through a stack of baseball cards. So far the dead include: Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Kyle Rayner, Aqualad, Hawk and half of Firestorm. Why am I impressed with killing characters off? What's the difference between cheap stunts and good writing? It's a fine line, but with comic universes being static any shake up is a positive.

And who wouldn't love armies of flying zombies?