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I disagree. I think labor is a good thing, and I use that term to encapsulate any sort of occupation. A person who doesn't have some sort of fulfilling labor is missing a big part of life. There's so much pride and fulfilling that can come from working hard.
The problem is that, currently, laborers are not fairly compensated for their work, and it's increasingly difficult for someone to just live without working beyond their limits. And so labor is no longer a small part of a fulfilling life but a perpetual cage for an exploitated husk of a person.
In my opinion, freedom is equity and justice, not a life of pure leisure...
I agree with this except for my admittedly radical opinion that anything you need to live should not be tied to work.
Food, clothes, shelter, healthcare. The bare minimum of those categories should be free. I’m talking like prison quality. You should not have to earn the right to live.
I think you’ll find that everyone is qualified for prison quality healthcare already as long as they’re willing to commit a crime.
this made me lol