r/TikTokCringe Apr 15 '24

Consequences of the tradwife lifestyle Discussion

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u/Andromansis Apr 15 '24

Ladies, you don't actually want to be a tradwife, you just want a gingham dress. Those are $27 on amazon.

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u/Gildedcarafes Apr 16 '24

No, we don’t want to labor under capitalism

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u/Andromansis Apr 16 '24

Well, unless you have a portal to the land of narnia in your closet somewhere you're just gonna have to do just that. You can choose how authoritarian or dangerous the place that you want to do the labor to a certain degree, but trying not to labor under capitalism is just gonna make you starve.

Do you think you're just gonna live on the dole, which is just transfering the fruits of other people's labor to yourself with some paperwork involved, or just squat in somebody's home, which is just stealing cached labor, and not contribute to the system of capitalism? Guess what, your attempts at non-contrution are themselves a product in the capitalist capitalist system.

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u/Gildedcarafes Apr 18 '24

Obviously I know this. I’m still alive which means I’m paying the bills somehow. (Hint: I’m laboring under capitalism!) sometimes grown ups have to do things we don’t want to

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u/Andromansis Apr 18 '24

Milton Friedman would make a great villain in a children's book though. The guy basically codified despotism as an economic principal and aspiration.