title, im paid by the hour so im wondering if its calculable the amount of time id need to be clocked in n not work to match the surplus value extracted from me
or am i stupid n misunderstanding surplus value
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Revisiting this to say that if you're trying to claw your way to a better life, time theft (or as I like to call it, time haggling) alone is an inferior strategy. Sure, you can do it here and there, but if it's the main thing you do, you won't get anywhere.
There is a large potential to cut down on spending by a combination of thrift, DIY, discipline, and sharing resources. There are very few laws or ordinances that limit how much you can do on the consumption side of the equation.
On the job you can slack/"touch fish", you can avail yourself of what the workplace furnishes, you can qpoke around for coworkers that you might share commutes or meal prep or housing with, you can try to unionize (or just try to make an independent bargaining unit with your coworkers), you can aim for a position of seniority or lower management and then not make coworkers' lives shitty. Or you can do my favorite trick, which is to stay at a job just long enough to learn as much as you can about the company and the industry so that you can start your own personal enterprise or workers' coop.
TBH these aren't mutually exclusive propositions, do as many as you have the opportunity and energy to do.