Re:The history of what we call work
by pozdnyshev90 on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:24AM
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> IOW, 'work' isn't some activity that exists outside of your 'real' life, it IS your life in a very literal sense
Not exactly. You sell your labor power in order to earn a living so you can go out an acquire goods to survive. You work to have the means to live. That doesn't mean it is your life. You don't reap the benefits of what you create.
Re:The history of what we call work
by sillyquiet on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:28AM
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I meant that sentence as a follow on to the preceding - I was talking about the work performed by people that don't live in rich privileged agricultural societies.
> You don't reap the benefit of what you create
And your risk is also much lessened and abstracted. If you produce a few bugs in your code, you don't get eaten by a tiger or have your family starve to death.
Re:The history of what we call work
by throwaway769879 on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:24AM
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> If you produce a few bugs in your code, you don't get eaten by a tiger
That would be ... so cool!
For the majority of history and or for the majority of people even today, 'work' was what you did to fulfill the most bottom of the tiers of Maslow's hierarchy of needs - survival.
IOW, 'work' isn't some activity that exists outside of your 'real' life, it IS your life in a very literal sense.
I realize that kinda dovetails with the article's point, but I think before people get too outraged with the state of modern capitalism, a little perspective is probably in order.