My Short and Sweet Opinion on something that has been on my mind lately...

Apr 11, 2004 17:24

"The world's most primitive people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status. As such it is the invention of civilisation. It has grown with civilisation, at once as an invidious ( Read more... )

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loveislife April 11 2004, 14:37:59 UTC
we need a 4 hour work day IN THE LEAST. wages in and of itself would be easily dispersed when people stop making $15,000,000 for doing NOTHING. we eliminate unnecessary positions and programs within corporations. that's an easy thing to convince people of. everyone wants to "work" less and get paid a fair wage for doing so. not to mention people will work harder when they get to have the benefit of only working 4 hours a day. i spent most of the day at my retail job doing nothing because i was so tired or sick that i couldn't or because i had done all the work already ( ... )

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distal April 11 2004, 21:36:48 UTC
I'm glad someone actually read it, thank you Benny :)

not to mention people will work harder when they get to have the benefit of only working 4 hours a day. totally, and unfortunately not enough people understand that point yet. I hope they will someday ( ... )

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