Are humans lazy?

in #blog • 21 hours ago (edited)

Are humans lazy? Right now, I don't think so.

We're too busy. Busy making ends meet. Busy making money. Busy staying ahead of someone we probably shouldn't even be racing. To not fall behind. To keep appearances. We can't even mind our own business because we're conditioned to mind everyone else's. Compete and compare. A seemingly endless cycle.

So who do I hate for this?
The bourgeoisie? The winners of the game? Capitalism? The game itself? Or maybe The Manifesto of what could've been? Nevertheless, Manifesto or not, it was never a promise but a provocation. More like a middle finger. Well, it was a nice read.

Maybe I'm not even angry at the game. Maybe I'm just disgruntled because we never really followed through with the Manifesto - and the chains we were supposed to lose never quite came off.

I don't know. All I know is: we're not lazy. We're exhausted. I'm exhausted. Or maybe just confused - because I'm also lazy. Who knows anymore?

I don't like cats but...
#exhaustion #lazy #cat
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     17 hours ago 

    How good it is to have renounced (almost) everything you mention...
    I'm exhausted too. Physically exhausted. And I chose that myself after years of the exhaustion you mean! Guilt? That, if there is any "guilt" at all (everything is a question of perspective...), is not a manifesto, it lies solely in me. In myself, in yourself, in ourselves, because we have the choice and are allowed to decide.
    Hihi, you'll understand that at the latest when you reach your wish of 40+. And then you'll be quicker than me, who waited until 50 to put this wisdom into practice... ;-)

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     6 hours ago 

    I keep thinking about what you said - “don’t wait too long.” It never really left me. Every time I start to believe you might be right, my mind comes up with a bunch of excuses (maybe even like what I just wrote here). I don’t know - maybe age really does bring perspective, like you said. To be 40+, maybe that’s when things start to click.

    I just learned the word Torschlusspanik - and your words got a lot louder in my mind. I know the word is often used with a bit of humor, but it landed strangely seriously for me.

    you'll understand that at the latest when you reach your wish of 40+

    That's another 10 years... Too long. And yet, I can't seem to agree with you now.

    Physically exhausted

    Let me guess, Böckchen? :-)

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