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Oh, the ethos is old indeed, much older than that. Paul Lafargue's "The Right To Be Lazy" was written in 1883 and, if we're to make an abstraction of the formu
by robtherobber 5y ago
Oh, the ethos is old indeed, much older than that.
Paul Lafargue's "The Right To Be Lazy" was written in 1883 and, if we're to make an abstraction of the formulations ever so typical for that time and the historical context, as well as the strong ideology that underpins the work, it makes for an entirely interesting read: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul-lafargue-the-right-to-be-lazy https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul-lafargue-the-ri...
- mynameishere 5y agoold indeed, much older [proceeds to mention someone from 1883] The obvious "old" example would be Diogenes from ~400 BC. But there are older still outside of the Western tradition.