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Originally posted by krill
i think in a round about way its allways been this way only our ancestors spent all day hunting, fishing, tending live stock, farming, building and repairing tools and weapons, gathering fire wood, gathering wild plants for food or medicine, making colthing and bedding , tending to the shelter. sure they probly spent more quality time with there family and loved ones but then again they were a true community.
Originally posted by Cythraul
The point is that hunting, fishing, farming and building all day is not trivial; it is a form of work that is so close, important and vital to our own lives that it brings about a great sense of well-being. In short, because it is so closely linked to our well-being, it doesn't seem like an obligation, and it has some real meaning to it. Back then, we were slaves only to the seasons and nature. Perhaps that is the way it should be.
But... right now, our perceived slavery is propogated by other people, higher people, a man-made system. I just cannot reconcile this universal concept of spending the majority of our working time doing something that does not benefit us - money aside. How can we be genuinely enthusiastic about dedicating our efforts to the well-being of someone else's company, or even a large corporation. We have no personal interest or emotional investment in that. We just do it... and worse yet, we believe that this is the way things must be.
I just don't understand how we got to the point where we spend the majority of our time doing something that means nothing to us, and at the sake of personal happiness and our family.
Originally posted by krill
i thought i coverd that part of your question when i said...