We live in an age of inversion. Many things are the opposite of what makes sense.
- You have to interview, and prove you're worthy, to become a slave
- You have to pay to look at ads (ever been to a movie theater, or sat in a plane with screens in front of you?)
- You have to pay to get cancer (ever buy a cigarette?)
It's interesting, because the other way makes way more sense. If you're going to be a slave, you should get to pick where. You should be paid to look at ads. You should get paid to get cancer.
Yes, using such a manner of thinking, you ultimately arrive that you are born to die, and but live to suffer. It truly is a grim irony, isn't it?
Sometimes though, we say to ourselves we were born to live and suffer to live. The manner through which you justify your existence here on this Earth -- and how that relates to your work / play balance -- is nothing special to this age and never will be something special to an age. Its roots go too deep. We'll always be paying in some form to live or die.
>> You have to interview, and prove you're worthy, to become a slave... If you're going to be a slave, you should get to pick where.
Being a slave means performing involuntary work without pay. Having a job means performing voluntary work for pay. I'm not sure how you're conflating the two. Also, you do get to pick where you work.
>> You have to pay to look at ads (ever been to a movie theater, or sat in a plane with screens in front of you?)... You should be paid to look at ads.
On the contrary, those ads offset the cost of your movie or your flight. Just because they don't completely cover your cost doesn't change the basic tradeoff that's going on.
- You have to interview, and prove you're worthy, to become a slave
- You have to pay to look at ads (ever been to a movie theater, or sat in a plane with screens in front of you?)
- You have to pay to get cancer (ever buy a cigarette?)
It's interesting, because the other way makes way more sense. If you're going to be a slave, you should get to pick where. You should be paid to look at ads. You should get paid to get cancer.