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Liking or enjoying something does not mean it cannot be labor. It is labor as long as I would rather be doing something else. Anyway, look at the picture Marx
by dkarl 18y ago
Liking or enjoying something does not mean it cannot be labor. It is labor as long as I would rather be doing something else.
Anyway, look at the picture Marx painted: "to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind." This is dilettantism, a reaction against work. Not many people would find this satisfactory as a life's occupation. This is the image of life a person finds appealing when he is overworked. Marx himself would have found such a life intolerable.
- windsurfer 18y agoI find that, personally, if I like something, but then get paid for it, I like that activity significantly less while I'm getting paid. I think it has something to do with the obligation and lack of free-will.