Message from @Comrade Skeltal
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Just like you wouldn't call government tyrannical.
That's just life. You have to work.
Well I think there is a relevant distinction to be made between coerced labor and slavery
and you dont have to work
"You have to work".
its not life
Slavery.
its only life if the capitalist class says it is
we're free to oppose that
Only you'll then claim its somehow natural
You do have to. It's part of evolution and how we evolved. If nobody worked we wouldn't progress.
No it isnt.
Proof?
We did not evolve to work for the sake of working.
You first, you're making the claim.
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Never said that
Yes, but you did
I never said people work for the sake of working
Yes
We have to work
what do you think this implies
as a species
to survive
except we dont, not in the way you mean
i.e. wage labor
hence why wage labour didnt exist prior to capitalism
It implies just what I said. We have to work. I never claimed we had to work for the sake of working. That's nonsense
because it in no way is natural to our circumstance
Again, not in the way you mean
We only have to feed, cloth, and house ourselves...not spend 200 hours a week slaving away for someone else's profits.
Ok what do I mean then?
we're talking in the context of capitalism where the number one mode of work is that of wage labour
wage labour is manufactured
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it is in no way natural or the mode in which we all "have to work"
what you mean,
is we all have to do "something"
Some jobs don't require you to work 200 hours a week