Lol, seriously? You think hunter gatherers were just like “oh no, just take the year off and nap or whatever, we gotchya!”
Or agrarian societies would be “oh, Janet didn’t feel like planting or harvesting for a year, no worries!”
Do you have a source for this besides, I dunno, imagination?
Which herbivores our size labor as much as we do for so little reward?
Holy shit, tell me you’ve never been in the woods without telling me… You know the reason herbivores immediately hear and react to you as you walk anywhere near? Because at any given moment, they expect to be eaten. So sure, they spend most of their time eating instead of working but none of that is idle rest, it’s “I hope I don’t get torn apart because I let my guard down for a half second.” (And try taking a year off from staying alert 24/7 as a herbivore.)
Frankly, compared to almost every other animal, we hardly work. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend Planet Earth. You’ll see animals who walk thousands of miles for months because if they don’t, they will die of thirst, others that spend all day walking to a feeding ground, avoid the predators, then hope to make it home to give food to their kid before doing it all over again.
A 40 hour work week that doesn’t involve the ever present threat of death would be the envy of the animal world.
My life is awesome and crazily better than that of almost every other human being in all of human history!
And wildly, appreciating that truth doesn’t require me to make up some complete and utter nonsense. (Lol, like herbivores having it easy, goodness gracious!)
Instead of blaming capitalism, maybe there’s some positive changes you can make in your own life?
Lol, seriously? You think hunter gatherers were just like “oh no, just take the year off and nap or whatever, we gotchya!”
Or agrarian societies would be “oh, Janet didn’t feel like planting or harvesting for a year, no worries!”
Do you have a source for this besides, I dunno, imagination?
Holy shit, tell me you’ve never been in the woods without telling me… You know the reason herbivores immediately hear and react to you as you walk anywhere near? Because at any given moment, they expect to be eaten. So sure, they spend most of their time eating instead of working but none of that is idle rest, it’s “I hope I don’t get torn apart because I let my guard down for a half second.” (And try taking a year off from staying alert 24/7 as a herbivore.)
Frankly, compared to almost every other animal, we hardly work. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend Planet Earth. You’ll see animals who walk thousands of miles for months because if they don’t, they will die of thirst, others that spend all day walking to a feeding ground, avoid the predators, then hope to make it home to give food to their kid before doing it all over again.
A 40 hour work week that doesn’t involve the ever present threat of death would be the envy of the animal world.
I’m glad you feel rewarded for your labor, hopefully you can snap yourself out of this grateful slave mentality some day
My life is awesome and crazily better than that of almost every other human being in all of human history!
And wildly, appreciating that truth doesn’t require me to make up some complete and utter nonsense. (Lol, like herbivores having it easy, goodness gracious!)
Instead of blaming capitalism, maybe there’s some positive changes you can make in your own life?