The Abolition of Work (link)

Check out Bob Black's article, "The Abolition of Work":

http://deoxy.org/endwork.htm

This is  an interesting article.  Actually, I think it's a great 
article, if it could be a little better written.  But I should not 
criticize him too much...  Bob Black does a pretty good job of 
explaining such an off-beat point of view.  Better than I could.  He 
takes a little time, at first, to get to the thrust of his arguments... 
But hey, what's the hurry?  =*D  If you can't have fun with it, what's 
the point, really?  After reading it, though, I have to say that he does 
hit very squarely on most of my feelings and conceptions about work.

Sad thing is, despite how right he is, we are in a small, small 
minority.  Even people who, intellectually, can understand this still 
react emotionally in a very negative way to the notion of rejecting 
work.  Hell, even if you feel it on a gut level, it's hard to explain or 
defend your feelings - much less know "what do to" or how to even feel 
good about yourself if you try to follow your gut.  Conditioning of 
mental slavery runs deeper than most care to admit of themselves, and is 
hard to shake.  Sort of like "Brooks" from the movie "The Shawshank 
Redemption"... We are already so "institutionalized".   I guess that's 
why it's slavery...  Even if you understand you're a slave, you're still 
stuck with it one way or another.  But realization must be the first 
step toward liberation.  That much I know.  Makes me think of 
"Redemption Song" and feel it just that much more.


Peace,
Morningdew

PS - Hope nobody is upset at the cross-posting... I picked a few 
audiences that I felt would appreciate this article.  We all need a 
little slack ;-)