QuilotoaWe live in one of the best times in the history of humanity, but many are frustrated because the last generation had it better.
etherphonIt will not get better until we free people from the 40+ hour work week bullshit that’s been ingrained in everyone’s heads. Not everyone needs to work, there is not enough (productive) stuff to do. You are not your job, work does not equal progress, we need artists and poets and vagabonds and tramps, art made for art’s sake not made for money (quite rare now if you think about it, because they made making art in your free time seem like a frivolity). We need a massive turn around, I don’t see how anyone can possibly think we’re in a good place. We’re less violent to each other on a personal level I suppose, and disease is down for now, but… we still have so many OLD problems that should have been fixed by now, but the people with the power don’t want them fixed so they can go fuck themselves.
I think this was the big failure of the unions. They stopped tyring to lower the work week and thus expanding their base and power. Union guys in the 80’s were salavating at bookoo overtime. It was a non sustainable way to go. I was hoping france or such would lead the way and split their weekly shifts in two. The standard by the turn of the millenium should have been 30 hours and we should be reducing it more now.