>Was there ever a time when a human being could subsist at any level of decency except through labor? There was once a time when humans were hunter-gatherers.

>Was there ever a time when a human being could subsist at any level of decency except through labor? There was once a time when humans were hunter-gatherers. Are you suggesting that our approach to societal organization should be the same now as then? >Why then would you expect humans to be adapted to such a situation? How have some humans "adapted to" accumulating resources many orders of magnitude beyond what they require for subsistence?