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Ankhesenamun's avatar

These comments clearly illustrate that there are lots of angry, embittered, likely white, likely male humans who find the arguments in this article insulting. And they should feel insulted. After all, they have spent the majority of the waking hours of their adult lives doing something they did not particularly want to do, and are irate at the thought that maybe, possibly, others may not want, and, GASP, eventually may not even NEED, to do the same as they. Because, perhaps, they look at the silver in their own hair, the lines around their eyes, growing deeper down their cheeks, feel a pain in their lower back that wasn't there the day before, and wonder, quietly, if they've been had.

We only get one of these life things. Nobody asks if they were productive enough, or a good enough employee, when they find they're on their deathbed. The only question that really matters is, "Did I enjoy that? Did I have a good time?"

What a waste, if the answer is no. I can think of few things more wasteful than that.

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Kyle's avatar

I feel like this article is missing an important point that maybe a lot of us are missing as well. We don't just work to make an "income" in order to participate in society. And our boss, ourself and shareholders aren't the only people that are benefiting from our work. Work, if done right, should be an act of service for the community in which we live. Our work is meaningful, not just because it helps you to pay the bills, but because it is a means in which we can make other peoples lives a little better. That is the essence of capitalism as I see it.

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