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1) Work is not nearly as fulfilling as doing nothing for most people. I have no trouble admitting this to myself. And while I'd probably still do something, I'd

by waps 13y ago

1) Work is not nearly as fulfilling as doing nothing for most people. I have no trouble admitting this to myself. And while I'd probably still do something, I'd no longer see any need to make any compromises to work together with anybody else. That would be satisfying. It would also be an economically negative proposition, but I'd learn a lot. Or at least, I'd feel I do. 2) About the "Nordic countries". WTF ? Have you looked at the crime stats for Malmo ? Please note that the nordic countries are in a somewhat special situation just because of their location. They also have very few homeless. Of course, homelessness is a death penalty there, merely because of the weather. That means that in Nordic countries everybody has a house, and not made from wood, double glazing, brick, generally solid and everybody's inside before the sun is down. Breaking and entering after dark is insane.

nawitus 13y ago
>2) About the "Nordic countries". WTF ? Have you looked at the crime stats for Malmo ? Yeah, well immigration can create major problems with crime. >They also have very few homeless. Of course, homelessness is a death penalty there, merely because of the weather. That means that in Nordic countries everybody has a house, and not made from wood, double glazing, brick, generally solid and everybody's inside before the sun is down. Breaking and entering after dark is insane. Yeah, because we have a good social security and everyone can get an apartment.
- michas 13y ago
  Or because homeless people just freeze to death quickly...
TeMPOraL 13y ago
> And while I'd probably still do something, I'd no longer see any need to make any compromises to work together with anybody else. How is this a problem, when all the essencial work is done by machines and people who do like to do those particular types of work? "Work is fulfilling" is one of many illusions the society created to shield itself from the fact that we are still, as we have been for the entire history, slaves who can only either work or starve. We are used to this state of the world so much that we've invented many cultural memes so that we can feel good about it. It is very similar to how people invent 1001 reasons why death is good and gives meaning for life. It doesn't. It's just we can't bear the sadness of our situation, so we invent excuses and stockholm-syndrome ourselves to avoid the pain.

by waps 13y ago

nawitus 13y ago

>2) About the "Nordic countries". WTF ? Have you looked at the crime stats for Malmo ? Yeah, well immigration can create major problems with crime. >They also have very few homeless. Of course, homelessness is a death penalty there, merely because of the weather. That means that in Nordic countries everybody has a house, and not made from wood, double glazing, brick, generally solid and everybody's inside before the sun is down. Breaking and entering after dark is insane. Yeah, because we have a good social security and everyone can get an apartment.

michas 13y ago
Or because homeless people just freeze to death quickly...

TeMPOraL 13y ago

> And while I'd probably still do something, I'd no longer see any need to make any compromises to work together with anybody else. How is this a problem, when all the essencial work is done by machines and people who do like to do those particular types of work? "Work is fulfilling" is one of many illusions the society created to shield itself from the fact that we are still, as we have been for the entire history, slaves who can only either work or starve. We are used to this state of the world so much that we've invented many cultural memes so that we can feel good about it. It is very similar to how people invent 1001 reasons why death is good and gives meaning for life. It doesn't. It's just we can't bear the sadness of our situation, so we invent excuses and stockholm-syndrome ourselves to avoid the pain.