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minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 hours agoIt’s pretty easy to extrapolate this to the whole concept of a full-time job being bad for you. It’s not whether you’re wearing out your body or your mind more, it’s that modern life requires you to wear yourself out just to survive.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-26 hours agoOur ancestors fought hard for the 40 hour workday not realizing we were just deciding the dimensions of our cage. To be clear I am not mad at them or blame them. But it’s still true.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoI absolutely love the metaphor and it succinctly express the class issue.
It’s pretty easy to extrapolate this to the whole concept of a full-time job being bad for you. It’s not whether you’re wearing out your body or your mind more, it’s that modern life requires you to wear yourself out just to survive.
Our ancestors fought hard for the 40 hour workday not realizing we were just deciding the dimensions of our cage.
To be clear I am not mad at them or blame them. But it’s still true.
I absolutely love the metaphor and it succinctly express the class issue.