• MasterBlaster@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    You know, when i originally read this, the way i interpreted it was that he was saying that if you need to earn money to live you don’t deserve to live.

    I much prefer the version that is an indictment of the phrase “earn a living” as implying you don’t deserve to live if you aren’t “working” in the modern sense of earning money at a modern job vs doing what’s necessary to stay alive like all nature’s critters.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      “If you don’t earn money, you don’t deserve to live.”

      This is how I interpreted it and it definitely feels true, that’s how capitalism treats us.