• degen@midwest.social
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      15 hours ago

      One of many things I heard as a kid and went “wtf, no”

      Same with a 40-hour, 40-year career. You mean I have to follow all these adult rules, go to school 6 hours a day all these years feeling like I’m in prison… To graduate to literal slavery or else… Prison? When does living actually come in?

      5 year old me already wondered what the point was and knew I wanted off the ride. Not necessarily in a depressed way, but a way that said “this ain’t it, chief”.

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    14 hours ago

    I get what is being implied, but has there been any time in human history where people didn’t have to “work” to survive? I mean even as Hunter gatherers, you’d die if you didn’t “work”.

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      I mentioned this in another thread, but I’d rather be struggling and free than struggling and oppressed.