Would we ever break this cycle and be able to maximize leisure if we were afforded this opportunity? — schopenhauer1
I think the point of the article was not really to go back to the Bushmen's hunting-gathering life but how to overcome workaholism- the pervasive habit to "go to work". It is acknowledging that there are other modes of life that require less formal work and have been practiced in our early history. How do people get beyond this habitual thinking that may be simply cultural baggage rather than a rooted fact of life. — schopenhauer1
You are equivocal and vague in your usage of the terms, except perhaps by "corporation," you mean bogeyman.Your attempt to assert that I am equivocal on the use of terms like "monopoly," "corporation," and so on isn't warranted because these terms can be used in a non-legal sense. — Thorongil
Think about it. If some crazy guy wants X, then I'd be a fool not to provide it, because I'd be dropping the opportunity to make money. That's why consumerism naturally and inevitably leads to leftism (transexual bathrooms, transexual surgeries, etc. etc.). — Agustino
That you don't see yourself as a consumer doesn't mean you're not. It just means you're dysphoric.And for what it's worth, I absolutely don't see myself as a consumer. — Agustino
I don't see a link with human rights here at all.Capitalism does lead to an increase in human rights, which is something the left does not generally want to accept. In fact, they incorrectly argue the opposite. — Hanover
If capitalism leads to the production and sale of "goods" which are harmful, then I absolutely don't think that's good and admirable. Do you?Your preoccupation with the gender dysphoric and to those with sexual appetites and norms varying from your own is odd and diverts otherwise meaningful conversations. — Hanover
It seems you're quite passionate about using this queer word, now could you actually get to the point where you explain what does not seeing myself as a consumer have to do with being dysphoric, which I'm probably not.It just means you're dysphoric. — Hanover
And that was my point is pointing out the abject poverty that the bushmen live in, which is the result, in part, of their lack of work, and really, it's based upon a social structure that outlived its usefulness thousands of years ago. — Hanover
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