Cross-posted from "No, it's not 'normal'." by @DougHolland@lemmy.world in !aiop@lemmy.world


“No, it's not 'normal' for humans to be in competition all the time. It's not normal to work for most of your waking hours during the day. It's not normal to be stressed 24/7. Stop taking a few hundred years of capitalism and pretending that's just how being human is. It's not.” —Hilary Agro, PhD (anthropologist & community organizer)
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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

It is normal. Its just not entirely in alignment with biology. This entire system requires constant upkeep to compensate for that misalignment. I want to be on a beach eating fruit from the trees and fucking and dancing and signing all day. Unfortunately, I need to pay another human for the right to exist in whatever space I'm currently occupying so they don't commit violence against me.

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