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Re:A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived by ambientenv on Thursday April 13, 2023 @06:57PM (#35563293)
"is not providing value to society" ... are we talking only the core values today of profit and growth?
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Re:A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived by speakfreely on Thursday April 13, 2023 @07:05PM (#35563367)
It's like pornography... you can't properly set boundaries on what defines it, but "you know it when you see it"
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Re:A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived by marcusverus on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:09PM (#35563894)
Nothing about gp’s comment is particularly capitalist. It actually reminded me of The old communist slogan: “He who doesn’t work, doesn’t eat”.
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Re:A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived by chewz on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:57PM (#35564277)
> The old communist slogan

Lenin have repeated that after Paul... and John Smith

2 Thessalonians 3:10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_...

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Re:A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived by nemo44x on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:21PM (#35564773)
The other communist slogan is “He who does work, probably doesn’t eat too”.
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