4 ms·
That's an uncharitable reading of the essay. So if we help our spouses that makes us subservient to them? Sure, relying on the wife is not an option, or not a
by cataphract 4y ago
That's an uncharitable reading of the essay. So if we help our spouses that makes us subservient to them?
Sure, relying on the wife is not an option, or not a desirable option, for most writers. But the article is named "Why I am not going to buy a computer". His wife helps him and reducing his dependence on "strip-mined coal" eases his conscience. Good for him, though I don't think that the article has a lot of relevance for the rest of the world.
- pessimizer 4y ago> So if we help our spouses that makes us subservient to them? I don't know the distinction you're making here. Help and service are the same thing. The point is that it's easy and not notable to eschew computers if you have servants. There's no closer analog to "Let them eat cake!"
- JasonFruit 4y agoI can serve someone while being neither a servant nor subservient.