Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Kill the Economy [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)The modern economy is slavery; it forces everyone to work in such a way their labor is exploited. Whether you are a farmer, a builder, a bureaucrat, or anything else, you still must be "something" with a tool in your hand, toiling away for hours and commanding energy to put food on the table (or else you die). There is never a collective goodness that is imparted to a society for your labor; the collective human condition is in growing turmoil. The main tangible benefits is that they can plug you into a wall when you reach terminal health--if you can afford it--but that is surely a "benefit" we can do without (especially in consideration of the trade-off).
The creature-comforts are shallow and empty; they offer no comparative benefit in contrasts to the increased leasiure and socialization that a non-labor exploited society enjoys. Almost all the health care advances are merely to negate the consequences of nutritional deficits, pollutants, stress and epidemics our modern economy & civilization impart on us. We are alienated from nature and from ourselves, growing so far into isolation that we can only openly communicate to each other in a virtual world.
Good riddance. Oh, and did I mention its killing the globe?