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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4188386" data-attributes="member: 63706">Well said. As long as there is life, however, there will always be work to do. Wages are simply the most efficient way to exchange work for the essentials for living. We can&#039;t all be completely self sufficient until we solve the problem of free energy. Until then it behooves each of us to get the maximum return for our efforts.We do have freedom through our right to determine our level of involvement in the market place. We can learn to make do with less and minimize the amount of work we have to do. I don&#039;t look at &quot;bums&quot; as a problem, necessarily. The homeless and hungry have avenues available to them. As far as I can tell, though, a large portion of the transient population has chosen the lifestyle over trying to fit into the rat race. As long as they don&#039;t violate anyone else&#039;s rights, they have the freedom to live that lifestyle, and that is a wonderful thing. We are ensnared only by our own expectations.I appreciate the philosophy presented in Fight Club, as it challenges the consumerist culture (and the ennui that comes with it), and shows us one way to escape it. But it also shows the consequences and hardships involved in making that choice, so that maybe we can appreciate the relative comfort that we earn for ourselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4188386, member: 63706"] Well said. As long as there is life, however, there will always be work to do. Wages are simply the most efficient way to exchange work for the essentials for living. We can't all be completely self sufficient until we solve the problem of free energy. Until then it behooves each of us to get the maximum return for our efforts. We do have freedom through our right to determine our level of involvement in the market place. We can learn to make do with less and minimize the amount of work we have to do. I don't look at "bums" as a problem, necessarily. The homeless and hungry have avenues available to them. As far as I can tell, though, a large portion of the transient population has chosen the lifestyle over trying to fit into the rat race. As long as they don't violate anyone else's rights, they have the freedom to live that lifestyle, and that is a wonderful thing. We are ensnared only by our own expectations. I appreciate the philosophy presented in Fight Club, as it challenges the consumerist culture (and the ennui that comes with it), and shows us one way to escape it. But it also shows the consequences and hardships involved in making that choice, so that maybe we can appreciate the relative comfort that we earn for ourselves. [/QUOTE]

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