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Short term pleasure is not wrong. The entire premise boils down to the belief that the 40 hour work-week means you are sacrificing long-term and short-term plea
by DangitBobby 5y ago
Short term pleasure is not wrong. The entire premise boils down to the belief that the 40 hour work-week means you are sacrificing long-term and short-term pleasure for superficial short-term pleasure, and that the inherent dissatisfaction arising from the arrangement is the only thing supporting the economy and resulting lifestyles as they exist, perpetuating dissatisfaction, for, practically, the sake of dissatisfaction.
> My life would not be improved by less money, by the way. More free time, yes, fewer purchases, not necessarily.
If the entire economy were not designed to suck money out of your pockets (and thus time out of your life), you might feel differently.
- RandomLensman 5y agoLet me put it this way: people have been spending on pleasure since ancient times (including people without any need to work). So that type of economy has existed for a long time. The sacrificed long-term pleasure seems rather mythical to me and very different from person to person.
- DangitBobby 5y agoI think free time allows you to seek long term pleasure. That was my experience when I was younger, penniless, relatively un-obligated, and much more free. I would (and do) describe my current 9-5 existence as largely joyless.
- RandomLensman 5y agoFair enough. I tend to feel most free with a lot of resources at my disposal and just enjoying my life and the world. And I'd agree that a lot of work is joyless. I think the difference is more that I tend to enjoy things "locally" and not "globally".