"David Shemano" <[email protected]> > I have asked this question before on this list (with not much success), but > when > we think of freedom in marxist terms, is the life of the wealthy under > capitalism a > guide to what life will be like for all under communism? In other words, is > the > problem with the life of the wealthy under capitalism that such a life is not > a good > life for the wealthy individual, or that it is a good life but limited to the > few and that > is unjust? The quote below from Mills indicates that he would tend to agree > that > the life of the wealthy is a good life. Related to this question is the > question of > what will happen when working hours are significantly reduced. If we look, > for > example, at the lives of women married to wealthy men, reduced hours (in > fact, > the absolute lack of need to work at all) means more time at the country > club, gym > and mall. Is that a life of freedom in marxist terms?
Some wealthy people like to travel to unusual places, but they may soon get tired of it. We don't have much choice but to continue working like many of the wealthy. Society will continue to discover more secrets of nature and more inventions will be made and those things will require effort on our part competing with our desire to interact socially with other human beings (I suppose twitter and Facebook will save us). -- Ron
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