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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[–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

People generally like working i.e. creating stuff and even if we had all resources met I'd argue that majority of people will continue on creating. In fact the universal basic income experiments prove exactly that every time.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Right. Working of our own volition, on projects of our choosing. Not high-pressure "grind" lifestyles that serve to enrich a small few while we overwork ourselves just to scrape by. I'd love to make art all day, for my own enjoyment. Not commissioned, not hired to do it, so not as "work." The post isn't about hobbies, though, it's about being pressured into a stressful lifestyle.

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