life goes on
good weekend. lazy, in a good way. my previous funk seems to have passed, as they are wont to do. i wish it was possible to make that happen faster, but alas. nothing is fundamentally different, and i think there looms stressful living situations next month, but im going to try to keep my chin up anyway and keep one hand on the pile of
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im not exactly a marxist, as that is also tied in with industrialisation and production as a goal, which is also a problem. i think people do need to create and have a feeling of usefulness to society, but the current organisation of work it mainly busywork. mikes theory is that only about 5% of the work currently being done is necessary to human survival, and i am inclined to agree. so why, if most people (especially those who are paid more, whose jobs are usually the least strictly necessary) only do 15 minutes of actual work a day, why, when so much has been automated and quickified, when so many things in life have been made 'easier' do we still have to work long work weeks and spend down time recovering, rushing through meals and not sleeping enough or not spending enough time with family and friends or trying to just drown out the work hangover with teevee or whatever. and on top of that, many have no job at all, even if they want to work. workers in my company are treated like robots, in the name of the companys financial bottom line. the fact that they are humans with families who need to eat and sleep is given only the most grudging consideration.
priorities all backwards. social stratification is increasing, the value of actual human life and the living of it is so low, products, productivity, 'economic growth' are the measures of a society's success, not the health of its people, not the number of people unhappy, undernourished, or in poverty. at the moment, those things sort of coincide at least on the global scale, because the whole of the world is set up to reify that equation, but i dont believe that can go on forever. the earth does not have the resources for endless disposable growth, nor for the whole world to have the lifestyle that the first-world enjoys (and im not convinced enjoy is a very good word for it, a lot of people dont seem very happy at the end of the day...)
im not exactly sorry to see the trucks and SUVs fall to the pressures of ecological reality, but i feel for the guys in oshawa too. who in management is hurting and taking pay cuts to keep their jobs? so focused on creating the market and endless growth that they never planned for the long-term realities, they act like rising oil prices and a dwindling market for that type of vehicle is a huge surprise. what rock were they under? this kind of thing is the inevitable outcome of the dominant economic model. i dont know what the answer is, but i think the limitations and weaknesses in the system are becoming more evident, and i dont think our lives are going to get any easier. sooner or later, something will break. the revolution will happen to us, despite our best efforts.
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im working fri night, but someone will probably be around.
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