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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/14891969

ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS

  • i am allowed to spend my time creating things, even if they are not beautiful.
  • there is no such thing as a "real Job". all forms of work are real and vlid.
  • there is nothing that i need to accomplish to be worthy. i am already worthy.
  • doing nothing ls good for my soul.
  • i am not deflined by what I produce.
  • my worth cannot be measured by my paycheck, my job title, or a list of professional or academic achievements.
  • i də not need to monetize my hobbles, It is enough to spend time doing something i love.
  • | will not let society decide what success looks like. I can define what successful life looks like for me.
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is definitely healthy to be able to take time and actually do nothing though. Like having a cup of tea in the morning, and just sitting and waking up slowly. That's good for the soul

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Yeah but that's not "doing nothing" as much as just relaxing

To me "doing nothing" means sedentary subsistence living

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I mean I agree that what your saying does not sound like a satisfying life at all, but also I really did not interpret the op to mean this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I have this theory that much of the world's conflict comes from miscommunication or misinterpreting original intent and this is a great example. Who's right? idk! But both sides are adamant they are.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I think “doing nothing [productive]” is probably what they were going for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe the spirit of "doing nothing is good for the soul" in the context of the whole, is pointed more at the dissolution of the thought that you ought to be doing something productive.

I would credit you the question, can one ever "do nothing?" Sitting on a park bench is something. Listening to birds in the morning is something. Breathing is something. These things are good for the soul, they are not "productive" in a capitalistic sense and I think that is the point of the list.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Well at that point we're stepping into the realm of the "read theory" international english dictionary.

Like you said, none of those activities are what reasonable people would consider "doing nothing", so why should we give credence to the capitalist notion of such by quoting it?

At the same time my earlier point still stands, there are very few people in this world that are actually capable of feeling personally satisfied living in a fashion where they have nothing to fill their days with.

We can recognize the balm to the spirit a calming walk, or a day relaxing under the sun, or even just a day staying bed can be to the spirit without adopting a rhetoric that makes it seem that those are permanent states to aspire to.