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[โ€“] Lavitz@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So you think in order for people to not work their lives away we would have to take up subsistence farming? With all the tech and machines we have the only viable way to not be a company man is to give away all of the luxuries we currently have?

How's that Kool aid tasting?

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's not remotely close to what I think the world SHOULD BE like.

It is, unfortunately, what I think the world IS like.

I'm also pointing out that if you want that aspect of the middle ages, you can have it right now by also taking all the crappy aspects of the middle ages..