Lefty friends think capitalism is why they can't play
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They're almost right, except it's not because of capitalism and the free market, it's because of government and taxation that explicitly forces you to take part in the system for their benefit.
That said, they're also being melodramatic retards that are unhappy because they have to work to survive. Shockingly, none of these freaks are putting their hands up to go live on a commune. No, they want the fruits of YOUR labour to take care of them with strong governments to redistribute YOUR wealth into their pockets so they can play games all day.
There's definitely critique of the current structure out there. Bitching about freedom isn't it.
Even in a perfect society consisting of an anarchist commune of people who all respect one another, you still have to contribute. Someone has to produce the food, another person has to wire the electricity, another has to build, etc.
Ironically, modern capitalism is the only system that has ever produced such luxury that the average person can be tricked into believing that doing whatever they want all the time is "how it should be". No, that is never how it has been, and once this unsustainable hedonistic society collapses in on itself, it will continue to not be how it is.
Oh, definitely without a doubt. But the idea that capitalism forces you is a load of shit.
Then again, these are the same kinds of spastics that thing people living in medieval England had it better because they "only worked for a third of the year" or some bullshit, because being little more than a slave for Lords is clearly so much better.
Yah, it's not hard in a capitalist society to make enough to have lots of free time. Unless you're concerned about a "career", in which case, you made your own bed.