2026-07-22 12:39 UTC
"...it has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself - a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others."
(See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism )
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@simulo@hci.social 2026-07-22 13:02
"We must feel while we are working that the time will come when we shall not have to work. Also the rest, when it comes, must be long enough to allow us to enjoy it; it must be longer than is merely necessary for us to recover the strength we have expended in working"