{"id":253783,"date":"2024-08-28T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=253783"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T10:57:47","slug":"heart-of-the-matter","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/heart-of-the-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of the matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research in Canada has shown the dangers of much employment under capitalism. Not hard exhausting physical work in this case, but office work.<\/p>\n<p>A stressful job, a demanding boss, tight deadlines and feeling undervalued can all greatly increase the risk of a serious heart problem, which may make having a stroke more likely. Even a relatively high wage does little to reduce the risks. More generally, work-related stress can increase the risk of high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Work is essential to human society, but employment under capitalism is about making a profit for the employer, not meeting the needs of consumers or those who do the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-253783","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/253783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}