[lbo-talk] cushy life/strict equality

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> 
> By "real" job, you mean a job that one does only
> because one would 
> otherwise be denied the necessities of life? Have
> you ever worked in 
> a team of volunteers, who do their best simply out
> of a spirit of 
> camaraderie? Never mind the socialist solidarity,
> most of the people 
> who do it aren't socialists, simply ordinary human
> beings. Some of 
> them are even capitalists, demonstrating that
> unearned income doesn't 
> necessarily lead people to become idle parasites.

Years of working with volunteer labor is part of the
basis I have for my pessimism. 

By a "real job" I meant one when people actually
depend on you, and you on them, to do something over a
sustained period that is not all fun. Most of our
experiences of this sort are paid wage labor.

jks


> 
> And this happens in the environment of capitalism,
> where we are all 
> poisoned by prevailing social climate. Fundamental
> human nature 
> prevailing even under the most adverse of
> conditions. Of course the 
> people most likely to volunteer their labour are
> most likely to be 
> those who have not been too deeply scarred, and
> don't have to 
> sacrifice too much. Usually.
> 
> But to suggest that it goes against human nature is
> contradicted by 
> the evidence. Humans are social animals, sharing and
> co-operation are 
> in our genes.
> 
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas
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