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Yea fr, the only species that can even entertain the idea of "just being" are humans, it's not part of the natural world whatsoever, it also comes at the expense of other humans who are actually supporting the society.
I am quite confused on the people here on lemmy. On the one hand, the consensus is 'capitalism bad' (presumably because people work themselves to death with little to show for it). On the other hand, this post seems to be somewhat populated by people that are against the whole idea of 'just being' vs 'doing'. So, what would one conclude from this?
I hate capitalism but I do feel like people get carried away blaming everything bad on capitalism, slavery and authoritarianism were present in pretty much all the cultures around before capitalism even existed and the indigenous cultures of pretty much everywhere had class and caste systems often based on religious power which itself was based on violence.
It's so reductive to say 'oh these people weren't building factories so their lives were just sitting around in the sun doing whatever makes them happy' but life in a tribe was every bit as rich and complex as modern life - generally without the luxury of being able to choose your life path, certainly for women and minorities.
A fine assessment, good chap.