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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The highest calling in life is slaving away in a cubicle.

At the end of your life, you will regret not having spent more time at work.[/quote]

This 100%! The happiest women are those who are wage slaves to corporations who extort their labor and then lay them off in their 50s when they’re no longer needed. It’s so more rewarding to work for people who could care less if you got cancer or died if it didn’t impact their bottom line than spending more time with family members who love you. USA! USA!

You all have swallowed this capitalist BS hook line and sinker.[/quote]

I am a teacher. Do you want us to stay home, too?[/quote]

Was Butker saying that women shouldn’t be allowed to work? No. He was implying that most women would get more enjoyment out of being around their families than by being at a job. I would go a step further and say that this holds for all people, not just women.

The issue is that we’re trapped in a capitalist society where if no one works you’re on the street. “Liberation” for some in this thread means leaving your children with working class women working for crumbs so you can pursue your career while your children spend the majority of their day with strangers instead of someone who truly loves them. “Liberation” for some means working for a boss who treats you like an expendable cog rather than spending more time with people who literally share your DNA.

For all of human history up until the Industrial Age both parents stayed home with their families. It is what it is now, but I don’t see how it should be some sort of ideal to leave your own kids with not even a single parent for most of the day in their childhood. That seems extremely dystopian to be honest. Hopefully work from home and AI will make it so that this brief period between the late 1800s and now is an aberration and both parents can spend more time with the people they love.[/quote]

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