• undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We’re all forced work ourselves into early graves, one way or another. Worse still is the lack of quality of life you’ll have, later on, after the ownership class has worked you into the ground and discarded you as no longer useful.

    There are “blue zones” where way, way over the average number of people live past 100. Not only that, they’re really active and fully mentally there at those advanced ages too. We’ve tried to replicate every one of the things they have in common: Mediterranean or Japanese food, more excersise, community etc. but we just can’t get the same results.

    Well, every part but one:

    They all work far, far less than we do in the west. Like 3 hours a day and light chores afterwards, with the family usually while chatting or singing.

    You can’t live better than a king could ever dream, off of other people’s hard work like that though.