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This presupposes that the current socioeconomic system is the fixed norm. I don't think self-sustaining farming communities of the past cared too much which day
by I-M-S 3y ago
This presupposes that the current socioeconomic system is the fixed norm. I don't think self-sustaining farming communities of the past cared too much which day it was if they had a cause of celebration. Likewise, I don't see why a post-scarcity future society wouldn't party on a Tuesday.
- euroderf 3y agoOur "fixed norm" might be temporary in the Grand Scheme of Things(TM), but for the typical human life span, it could still work out to be nothing but... birthdays on Tuesdays :-/
- inglor_cz 3y agoIn such situations, I can see the culture adapting so that you have a "real birthday" and a "celebration birthday". Famously, Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926, but her official birthday was also celebrated on the second Saturday in June each year in the UK.
- euroderf 3y agoWhy that particular day ? Maybe just because June didn't have any holidays yet ?