David Warren is a true conservative. Unlike your typical weekend conservative who looks back on upon the 1950s with some nostalgia, Warren wants a return to the Middle Ages! Booya.
We need a revolution in our attitude toward work. This is because the notion that we must "work to live" is only suitable to animals. The proposed Christian alternative is "live to work" - in the image of the creator, which is to say, creatively, "for the sake of doing well what is well worth doing."
AM: Remember the good ol' days? Back when peons, legally tied to the land, worked 12 hour days doing manual labor in subsistance conditions in service of some fuedal Lord in exchange for protection from bandits and foreign invaders. That was honest work. The peasants weren't doing it for the money, or "to live," but rather for the after life! Indeed, a more noble reason: the knowledge that they were being watched over and judged by God; and that they would have a place in heaven if they only knew their place on earth. This had to be true. After all, the priest told them. It was in the bible. Ok, they couldn't actually read the bible, but the priest could read; and he wouldn't lie, right? Mental and physical slavery, exploitation and fear. But at least they had values and feared God. In other words, "they lived to work."
Ugh, this Warren fellow is entertainingly backwards.
ReplyDeleteHow isn't "live to work" the animal routine?
Animals, who don't frequent concerts or movies or dinners, who's only purpose to being is to be.
That's what I call living to work.
Meanwhile, "working to live" should be, in my not-so-humble opinion, what every sane person should strive for. Being as it is just plain senseless and stupid for some poor kid to exist to bag groceries or to offer you normal or sweet potato fries.
To consider this as the main reason to exist betrays a longing for slavery, as far as I'm concerned.
Good comparison there.
My god, how does Warren maintain his job security?
Methinks he's providing some "choir boy benefits" to his editor ....
"Living to work", after all!
It's an ok goal if you can manage, but really, I don't see any point on putting lipstick on a pig . If you're a medieval peasant, your job sucks. period. You are to make money. God isn't watching you. Only your boss. He's not watching all the time. If I were in that position, i'd slack off as much as possible without getting punished, and try to game the system if I could. I certainly wouldn't put my head down and and 'be the best darn peasant I could be.'
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