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> if you're going to invest a significant amount of your life into something, ideally it should also have the potential to earn you some money. This is a sad,
by syndicatedjelly 3y ago
> if you're going to invest a significant amount of your life into something, ideally it should also have the potential to earn you some money.
This is a sad, sad way to live life
- teddyh 3y ago> This is a sad, sad way to live life That’s just how living under capitalism is like for the people who aren’t the lucky few who have a great job doing something they like. If you want a world without the need to earn money, advocate for and implement UBI. Until then, don’t disparage people trying to earn money.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoThank you for the lecture, Karl
- teddyh 3y agoCalling people communists is hardly a productive mode of discourse.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoIndeed. That person is going to end up being the type that will be lying on their death bed thinking "I wish I had allowed myself to have more fun."
- sgtnoodle 3y agoI dunno about the greater context of your snippet, but at face value it seems optimistic to me. It's a wonderful thing when many important axes of consideration are in alignment. Many people find happiness in feeling useful, and money is how a civilization abstracts usefulness into something fungible. It's certainly not a perfect abstraction, but it's not inherently good or bad either.