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The French word for work, 'travail', comes from 'tripalium', a medieval torture instrument. It's bad for everyone, and I definitely think a society where only o
by pnako 7y ago
The French word for work, 'travail', comes from 'tripalium', a medieval torture instrument. It's bad for everyone, and I definitely think a society where only one parent has to work instead of two is better.
A 'career' is something pop singers and top athletes (male or female) have. They even have agents to manage those careers. But most people have a job; they do work, travail, tripalium.
The fact that people confuse the two is just capitalist propaganda.
- dang 7y agoI was all set to be cunningham's-lawed into telling you that's wrong about "travail", but holy shit, you're right: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=travail https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=travail Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised, since English still has the word "travails". "Work" on the other hand means action, doing: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=work https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=work That's quite a difference: one is something no one wants, and the other is something everyone does. "Labor" falls on the "travail" side, meaning exertion, pain: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=labor https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=labor