“Side hustles are just capitalism gaslighting us into working 80 hours a week”
Agree
- Normalizes inadequate primary wages
- Glorifies exhaustion as entrepreneurship
- One job should be enough
- Hustle culture is exploitation rebranded
Disagree
- Extra income enables dreams
- Autonomy and creativity are valuable
- Building skills outside main job
- Financial security requires diversification
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