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You replied to the wrong comment, but you're totally wrong about how the Lord of the Flies actually panned out in real life. Turns out the children worked together to divide the work needed to survive between each other, so nobody did too much. The kids survived for fifteen months and even cared for one of them when they broke a leg.
I don't disagree that some work needs to be done: If I want a snack I'll need to walk to the kitchen. But it should be as little as is necessary. If someone can automate themselves out of a job they should get their salary for life and a million dollar prize, because it means nobody has to do that work anymore.
Plus the only thing most political parties agree on is more jobs and that makes it immediately suspect to me.
If you haven’t read it already, a book for the idler:
https://files.libcom.org/files/%5BTom_Hodgkinson%5D_How_To_Be_Idle(Bookos.org).pdf
I will have read it soon, thanks for the tip!
This is me but it was "Stunt" by Barenaked Ladies, which opens with this
You're contesting by posting the real-life version of events vs. the fiction I posted? One of these things is not like the other.
Yes, I posted in the wrong thread. Sorry.