Today, I ain’t doing shit but sleepin' in my van and writing. It’s my solution to nearly everything – all the big problems. Why? ‘Cause busybodies fucked us up!
We need to go to a four-hour work day OR LESS. How would that help? Look at our fucking problems in this country and on this Earth …
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Unemployment and underemployment? — Job sharing lets more people have jobs, good jobs, not bullshit jobs.
Poor physical and mental health? — Less work per person means more time to sleep, chill, enjoy hobbies, socialize, and build strong families.
Pollution and habitat loss? — Valuing leisure and others over money and things means each person will buy less shit. Everything you buy, even services, takes resources out of the Earth.
Political tyranny? — Folks with more time on their hands can organize to fuck The Man!
Overworked moms? — Woman now get behind because they end up balancing jobs with family. With a four-hour workday, they’re not handicapped. And men can damned well do more at home!
The list goes on. I should start a global campaign for the four-hour workday!
But you see, Children, that would be counter-fucking-productive. I heard tell that the Japanese government put together a board in the ‘80s to get their people to use more leisure time. It worked 90+ hours a damned week to find a solution! … That might just be an urban legend, but it points out the problem of busybody solutions.
So I live in a van. My costs of living are tiny, so I don’t have to work all the damn time. This very day, I'm up on a mountain, waitin' for the rain to com in. Got no where to be, and nothin' pressin. So fuck it!
What Am I NOT Doing Today?
I’m not burnin' gas. I’m not using energy to heat or cool a house I don’t have. I’m not goin' out to eat or to the movies. I’m wearin' old clothes. I ain’t doing shit but sleepin', eating cheap, and writin' this post.
I’m a failure as an American consumer. But that means I am cuttin' down my carbon footprint and not sucking hard at Earth’s teat. Don’t even need to invade an oil-rich country today!
We could all live the life of fuckin' leisure if we just worked less.
And with all our automation, we should be able to work on average four hours a day (20 hours per week). Economists predicted it a century ago.
So what happened? Who stole the four-hour workday? Read this VICE article to find out. Then watch the video below about how exactly the four-hour workday is going to pull our collective asses out of the fire.
Meanwhile, I was bad. I burned a half tank of gas (and more tomorrow and the next day and the next) and ate fast food.
ReplyDeleteTsk, tsk.
DeleteHere's another TED Talk about doing less. https://youtu.be/21j_OCNLuYg
ReplyDeleteI seen this one before! One of my favorites!
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