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"For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he
by nanna 5y ago
"For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a herdsman, or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic."
- Marx, Theses on Fauerbach
- Aeolun 5y agoHe’d never heard of that 10,000 hours thing had he? Honestly don’t understand what he was going for here.
- mejutoco 5y agoIf you think of the industrial revolution and specialisation, the idea is that pushing a button all day (or a similar machine-like task at a factory) is alienating to a human being. That is my reading of it, and I can understand that (especially for a factory worker job). What I do not understand are the implementation details of how to solve it :)