It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, and that’s mainly because I started a lot of drafts, but finished none of ‘em. I’ve observed that, excepted for articles you prepare during a looooo[...]ong time, short abstracts (or excerpts) are the only way to post something on a web-log without talking about your personal life. So, I’ll make this post short.

The word “work” is used to designate and talk about a lot of things, in various situations, but mainly, it means “labor”. And I remarked something interesting: people advocating about “work”. I say, those who regularly publicly and loudly tell that work is great and that people should work more. I don’t talk here about persons who simply say “I work hard and I have merit” (even if sometimes, people who advocate “work” say that too), but about those who pretend to work hard and complain about others, who, obviously, don’t work hard enough.

The fact is: you work for money (since we live in a capitalist world), and you live FROM money. So, basically, you live from your work (the money intermediate is not the matter here, and it’s a whole subject). So, if you don’t work, you can’t expect to live comfortably. Okay, but…

To work is NOT to do, I mean, IT IS NEITHER to do what others, nor you qualify as “work”. It is simply something that had to be done (for someone else…) and that nobody would have done for free. And, most of the time, people are lying: their work can easily be done, with a reasonable learning time, by anyone (exceptions are medical doctors, lawyers, etc.). For instance, «playing or composing music» is not working until someone ask you for some.

If I post about “work” and its meaning, it’s because I think that too many people are pretending to work (doing noting but fooling others, and earning money from their ignorance), and overwhelm other people about their pretended “laziness”. Actually, I generally have observed this kind of behavior from people who think that, for any reason (political, religious, theological, etc.), they are superior to the rest of humanity. So, when I hear “people should work more”, it’s either from a tired labor-worker, or from a dumb-ass who wants to slave us all. Work isn’t necessary enslavery, but if you don’t pay attention, you’ll be enslaved before even having a chance to understand it.

That is simply a though I had, feel free to give feedback, I’d greatly appreciate to discuss about this.