Karl Marx’s theory of alienation describes the separation and estrangement of people from their work, their wider world, their human nature, and their selves. Alienation is a consequence of the division of labour in a capitalist society, wherein a human being’s life is lived as a mechanistic part of a social class
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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
True. It isn’t always about a cost/labour analysis. Sometimes I want to repair something to learn how to do it. Sometimes I want to repair something because even though ‘my time is valuable’, I hate the idea of throwing out something I know will rot in the landfill for a thousand years. Sometimes I’m just attached to the thing and afraid I won’t find a replacement that is as good (which is often the case).
I hate our throwaway culture, it’s good to know how to fix things even if it isn’t technically ‘cost effective’ to do so.
Saleh@feddit.org 1 week ago
SeekPie@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Also, I think that you shouldn’t put a price on your free time off work? You wouldn’t be working anyway, why put a price tag on it?
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Absolutely – I hate how we’ve been raised to think of time in monetary terms; I have to remind myself on days off that “No, I do not need to do anything it’s my day off! I can sleep in… no need to be productive …”
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I was living in a shithole apartment with a noisy fridge that the landlord wouldn’t fix and complaining to my therapist about it. He suggested I fix it, which was a completely alien idea to me at the time. It was a lot less complicated than I expected, I learned a lot about how it worked, and my self-confidence and perceived control over my circumstances skyrocketed.
inbeesee@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It challenges me, relaxes me, and I get a cool experience out of it
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Me with all my Koss headphones, and everything with a depleted rechargeable battery.
Venator@lemmy.nz 6 days ago
Also it’s fun.
HeckGazer@programming.dev 1 week ago
All of these reasons but I also just enjoy the experience of fixing something. It feeds the soul in some deep way for me