▲ | personalityson 3 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The goal of every civilization is to abolish work. I don't see the problem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | andsoitis 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> The goal of every civilization is to abolish work. I don’t know that that’s the core goal of civilization. Instead I think it is more about: - survival and stability - human flourishing - progress and innovation - continuity (of culture, values, etc.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | xeromal 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
I like the idea that the goal of civilization is the pursuit of happiness. I don't want to live in a walle type world | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | hshshshshsh 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literally everything in society is making you suffer to make money. And you think societies goal is to abolish work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | hearsathought 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wasn't slavery foundational to every civilization? The greeks had it. So did the romans. The egyptians. Unless you meant to abolish "paid work". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | vik0 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life without work is meaningless. Over the millennia we have done nothing but work. We were made to work. I don't know if you've experienced not working without having to worry about money, but I have and it has a unique feeling of emptiness to it. This is not me praising 9-5 office jobs, or work from home jobs, or any other specific job. They can all be hell in and of themselves, but the idea of abolishing work is just so laughable to me. The moment that happens, a collective neurosis will overtake humanity the likes of which has never been seen before. We can only hope work will continue to be around as long as we are around, for our own sake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | lm28469 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> The goal of every civilization is to abolish work. Where did you get that from lol ? We're doing everything we can to have people work for less, longer and in more precarious conditions. People are still fighting for a "living" wage, we're far from a "thriving" wage and even further from the abolition of work. |