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You say proletariat like it's a bad thing. Of all the social goals that we have (curing cancer, hunger, war, etc.), it amazes me that we haven't added 'work' t
by ap22213 10y ago
You say proletariat like it's a bad thing.
Of all the social goals that we have (curing cancer, hunger, war, etc.), it amazes me that we haven't added 'work' to that list. Maybe like 5% of people that I know enjoy work more than 50% of the time (and it's probably not 'work' at that point).
Work sucks - we should eradicate it and let people spend their short time on Earth doing what they enjoy. Many of our ancestors worked hard so that we could have better. I hope that I can work so that my descendents (and your descendents) won't have to.
- ap22213 10y agoAnd, for the people down-voting, I'd love to know why. Send me a message if you don't want to say publicly. The anthropologist in me genuinely wants to know. I can't understand how anyone would be for work ('they call it work for a reason, right?'). The only reasons I can imagine are 1) inflexible ideology, 2) sadism, or 3) love of power hierarchies.
- morgante 10y agoI enjoy my work. If I go more than a week or two without doing some paid programming, I start to feel listless. I'm lucky enough to get paid well as a freelancer, so I can work as much as I want from wherever I want. Even if I could retire tomorrow, I would still continue to do similar work to what I'm doing now.
- ap22213 10y agoOk, got it - it's probably semantics then. When I say 'work', I mean doing something other than what you enjoy. If you love it, it's not work, in common vernacular.
- morgante 10y agoIf I'm getting paid to do it, I consider it work.
- new_hackers 10y agoIf it is a force acting through a distance, I consider it work. (I figured I'd toss that one out there for the engineers in the room ;-) )
- hnal943 10y agoThe word you're looking for might be "toil".