Comment on Forty hours, one life...
merc@sh.itjust.works 22 hours agoIf we were allowed to do just what is necessary for survival we would spend way, way less time on it than we do working now
Sure, bud.
Picking weeds from a crop just big enough to support a family does not take 40 hours a week 52 weeks a year
Sure, bud. I guess you’ve never met a farmer?
We live in a form of indentured servitude
Sure, bud. That famous form of indentured servitude where you get nights and weekends off, and are free to change bosses at any time.
natecox@programming.dev 22 hours ago
I guess one gets real accustomed to the taste of boot.
merc@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I guess one has spent too much time in church or movies or something, believing that there’s some utopia where berries gratefully fall off bushes into our waiting hands, if only the durn gubmint, or frickin capitalists would get out of our way.
natecox@programming.dev 17 hours ago
My dude, I live on a hobby farm. Complete with livestock. I have giant blackberry bushes.
But please tell me more about how sitting at a desk all day making money for people who don’t know you exist is just so natural. Modern day berry picking even.
merc@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
That’s great my dude. My dude, what fraction of your yearly calories come from this hobby farm, my dude? My dude, are you able to actually meet your nutritional needs with this hobby? My dude, is this farm just a hobby? If it meets all your needs, why do you work at all, my dude?