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Re:A world without work by EliRivers on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @06:09PM (#9768174)
For thousands of years, work was something the peasants and the poor people did. An excellent trick pulled recently was to convince many of them that there was such a thing as a "work ethic" and that it was good and right and honourable.
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Re:A world without work by aaron-lebo on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:16PM (#9768732)
It is good and right and honorable to not be a strain on others if you are capable of doing the work.

Just because some people have taken advantage of that to get others to work for them doesn't mean work or work ethic in and of itself is bad.

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Re:A world without work by qu4z-2 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @10:01PM (#9769134)
The level of work required to "not be a strain on others" is far less than the level of work expected these days, I believe.
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