• Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    18 days ago

    Maybe, but then if you abolish wage-labour, you just have a different type of work needed to survive

    The point is that this kind of work is less alienating.

    Either you’re going off-grid and living all on your own, which would mean you don’t have a lot, but you’re truly independent

    I’m not arguing for that, since it’s not a realistic scenario.

    or you’re part of a society where you don’t get paid a wage, but instead receive certain living conditions similar to everyone else’s, and you’re expected to work to the best of your ability.

    Cool, where do I sign up?

    Yes, working for a wage is unnatural. But then being part of a large society with super specialized roles is unnatural. We’ve been doing unnatural for thousands of years now.

    I don’t want to succumb to the naturalistic fallacy here. I think it makes people miserable, since it runs counter to our brain structure. I don’t think you can say the same thing about large societies (the amount of people you interact with has a natural limit and there’s a natural need for humans to be social).