No, working is NOT a normal human activity. It is a religious one.

Animals only "work" as much as is needed each day to survive. That includes humans closest ancestors, the apes.

Obsessing about "work" and working overlong hours everyday only really came about as religions starting preaching about how great it is. The religious "leader" con men needed others to overwork so they could be fooled into giving extra food to "god." As today, religious "leaders" really provide no tangible benefit other than just hypocritically lecturing others so they needed others to agree to feed them.

Many of the few remaining self sustaining primitive tribes still adhere to this philosophy as well. They have zero stress because they only do enough to get by.

I can tell the OP is a communist by his attack on religion while leaving the government equivalent alone.

I'm totally with you that "the religious leaders" USE the workers and are just con artists many times.

However, if you've never tried to scrabble life out of cold soil, you might be a bit under-knowledgable about how hard it actually IS.

Now, living in a lush rainforest might be dandy.

But northern Europe ain't no tropical isle.

Animals only "work" as much as is needed each day to survive. That includes humans closest ancestors, the apes.

Obsessing about "work" and working overlong hours everyday only really came about as religions starting preaching about how great it is. The religious "leader" con men needed others to overwork so they could be fooled into giving extra food to "god." As today, religious "leaders" really provide no tangible benefit other than just hypocritically lecturing others so they needed others to agree to feed them.

Many of the few remaining self sustaining primitive tribes still adhere to this philosophy as well. They have zero stress because they only do enough to get by.

Animals only "work" as much as is needed each day to survive. That includes humans closest ancestors, the apes.

Obsessing about "work" and working overlong hours everyday only really came about as religions starting preaching about how great it is. The religious "leader" con men needed others to overwork so they could be fooled into giving extra food to "god." As today, religious "leaders" really provide no tangible benefit other than just hypocritically lecturing others so they needed others to agree to feed them.

Many of the few remaining self sustaining primitive tribes still adhere to this philosophy as well. They have zero stress because they only do enough to get by.

Are mom's not teaching the important lessons?

"Little red hen, little red hen, so much to do, when would it end?
Little red hen, little red hen, she got no help from her lazy friends"

spoiler alert: The industrious little red hen is always on the move while the other farm animals just lay around and sleep. She finds a grain of wheat, plants it, harvests the wheat crop, shucks the wheat, grinds it, and then bakes a loaf of bread.

Are you actually conscious, at all?

I'm totally with you that "the religious leaders" USE the workers and are just con artists many times.

However, if you've never tried to scrabble life out of cold soil, you might be a bit under-knowledgable about how hard it actually IS.

Now, living in a lush rainforest might be dandy.

But northern Europe ain't no tropical isle.

Are mom's not teaching the important lessons?

"Little red hen, little red hen, so much to do, when would it end?
Little red hen, little red hen, she got no help from her lazy friends"

spoiler alert: The industrious little red hen is always on the move while the other farm animals just lay around and sleep. She finds a grain of wheat, plants it, harvests the wheat crop, shucks the wheat, grinds it, and then bakes a loaf of bread.

right, but that is not the same as the "work" we think we have to do six days a week for 8 or more hours a day for 340 days out of the year.

Before the industrial age, farm people worked HARD in SPRING (planting) and FALL (harvest) and RESTED IN WINTER!!

Winter was a time to do indoor activity like quilting, whittling, reading, etc. and a minimal amount of work like milking the cows and cooking. A time for PLANNING the garden for the upcoming spring.

THIS IS THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS.

NOT WORKING 345 DAYS A YEAR UNTIL YOU ARE GIVEN A TWO WEEK "VACATION"!!!!

Animals only "work" as much as is needed each day to survive. That includes humans closest ancestors, the apes.

Obsessing about "work" and working overlong hours everyday only really came about as religions starting preaching about how great it is. The religious "leader" con men needed others to overwork so they could be fooled into giving extra food to "god." As today, religious "leaders" really provide no tangible benefit other than just hypocritically lecturing others so they needed others to agree to feed them.

Many of the few remaining self sustaining primitive tribes still adhere to this philosophy as well. They have zero stress because they only do enough to get by.

Animals only "work" as much as is needed each day to survive. That includes humans closest ancestors, the apes.

Obsessing about "work" and working overlong hours everyday only really came about as religions starting preaching about how great it is. The religious "leader" con men needed others to overwork so they could be fooled into giving extra food to "god." As today, religious "leaders" really provide no tangible benefit other than just hypocritically lecturing others so they needed others to agree to feed them.

Many of the few remaining self sustaining primitive tribes still adhere to this philosophy as well. They have zero stress because they only do enough to get by.