I did not say _anything_ about "the market". "Society" is not the same as "the market". I'm talking more about the need to productively occupy people's free time so as to not let them spend it on harmful bullshit instead.
Work should absolutely NOT be a choice. If it is, easily 90% of people will never get off their couch, because why the fuck bother, and you can't survive on the productivity of the remaining 10%. I know because I'm one of those people, and so is my wife (who currently spends easily 8 hours a day scrolling through Instagram and watching Netflix). Eventually you will run out of other people's money. Not only that, but it'd also destroy people psychologically and make them feel worthless.
Work should be a requirement for all people who are able to work. Again, clearly the amount of time we currently spend on work is unreasonable. At present, if you work you can't properly raise children. This is fucked up. But to make it a "choice" is a clear path to societal decay and eventually unrest.
Even communist societies understood that: "from each according to his ability" doesn't mean what people think it does - it means that if you're able to work, you must work. In the USSR it was, in fact, against the law to not be employed if you're able.
Work should absolutely NOT be a choice. If it is, easily 90% of people will never get off their couch, because why the fuck bother, and you can't survive on the productivity of the remaining 10%. I know because I'm one of those people, and so is my wife (who currently spends easily 8 hours a day scrolling through Instagram and watching Netflix). Eventually you will run out of other people's money. Not only that, but it'd also destroy people psychologically and make them feel worthless.
Work should be a requirement for all people who are able to work. Again, clearly the amount of time we currently spend on work is unreasonable. At present, if you work you can't properly raise children. This is fucked up. But to make it a "choice" is a clear path to societal decay and eventually unrest.
Even communist societies understood that: "from each according to his ability" doesn't mean what people think it does - it means that if you're able to work, you must work. In the USSR it was, in fact, against the law to not be employed if you're able.