It makes less sense today, in the modern age we have the capability to provide for people in mass-scale, and today we have more alternatives for different lifestyles. Like, if you can’t stand working for Amazon, there are ways you can go live off the land if you know your agriculture and farming. Or you can self-employ, you can gamble on all kinds of things if you’re good at navigating the system, you can save money and change your location or your career. Not always easy but for a lot of people the option is there.
In around 4000 BC your options were either getting work stacking giant rocks for a living God, or go out to the wilderness and pray to whatever gods you believe in that you don’t grow enough crops or build a large enough family that it attracts the attention of another tribe with no qualms about murdering everyone and taking your stockpiles.
Not exactly the best options either way, but it gets even worse the further back you go.
Isn’t it like working for Amazon today?
You work for some pay and all the value goes to the rich person on top.
It makes less sense today, in the modern age we have the capability to provide for people in mass-scale, and today we have more alternatives for different lifestyles. Like, if you can’t stand working for Amazon, there are ways you can go live off the land if you know your agriculture and farming. Or you can self-employ, you can gamble on all kinds of things if you’re good at navigating the system, you can save money and change your location or your career. Not always easy but for a lot of people the option is there.
In around 4000 BC your options were either getting work stacking giant rocks for a living God, or go out to the wilderness and pray to whatever gods you believe in that you don’t grow enough crops or build a large enough family that it attracts the attention of another tribe with no qualms about murdering everyone and taking your stockpiles.
Not exactly the best options either way, but it gets even worse the further back you go.
We are going backwards, I see.
If Bezos had his way, it would be the same today.