I think you’re using the word “work” here to mean what I’m intentionally calling “job”. Maybe not, but if you are, then I agree with you.
Most people want to produce things of value (for some personally held meaning of value) and to do things that matter to others or to be of service. It’s this sense of “work” that I mean. If we stripped away all the conditioning that I infer you mean, I believe this sense of wanting to work would remain for those who aren’t already burned out or depressed.
But yes, there is certainly some religious and irreligious indoctrination to believe in toil as a virtue. I don’t buy it.
Most people have been conditioned into believing they want and need work. It’s pure rationalization, or Stockholm syndrome.
I think you’re using the word “work” here to mean what I’m intentionally calling “job”. Maybe not, but if you are, then I agree with you.
Most people want to produce things of value (for some personally held meaning of value) and to do things that matter to others or to be of service. It’s this sense of “work” that I mean. If we stripped away all the conditioning that I infer you mean, I believe this sense of wanting to work would remain for those who aren’t already burned out or depressed.
But yes, there is certainly some religious and irreligious indoctrination to believe in toil as a virtue. I don’t buy it.