>Yoshie Furuhashi:
>> ...
>> Moreover, work time should be as short as possible.
>
>Well, what about all these people who think that labor --
>hard, difficult labor -- is spiritually meaningful, even
>ennobling, that it connects them with humankind in some profound
>way?
Well, if they insist on "hard, difficult labor," I suppose a socialist society can oblige them: create a special "temple of labor" -- modelled upon Zen temples in Japan, perhaps, but without any modern conveniences -- where they can spend their free time spiritualizing themselves through such tasks as cleaning, sweeping, carrying water, rearranging stone gardens, etc.
Yoshie