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author says, the morality of work is a morality of slaves. This cannot be always
true. As I said earlier, for producing productive things, man needs to work in group
and follow some guidelines where he might have to go against his mind sometimes.
Also, regarding four hour work a day comment, man is competitive in nature and so
every individual will try to earn more by working more. This is common to everyone
and so sudden decrease in work hour, though may be possible, is not feasible. In
regards of leisure, author says, it generates some useful output. So, if some doing
is producing something useful, this in turn becomes a work for someone. There is
fine line between work and leisure and it varies from person to person. The second
thing is, if leisure is just the idleness then there needs to be proper guidelines about
how to enjoy the idleness. The enjoyment of idleness needs to be wise and should
not harm others. This comes through education which is highly required. But then
listening to those things may again become the oppression and act of slavery in the
view of author.
His thoughts regarding investment in government were more relevant in the days
he has written this article. But today, governments have not remained like those days.
The focus is on diplomatic and trade development and people welfare. Although,
there are some civil war situations in the world, but in the relevance of our country
and most of the established countries governments use their money for constructive
use. The annual budget of merely 12% of GDP by India is the best example of it.
The author basically tries to convey his thoughts against the exploitation of
work. But he expresses his views in one-sided manner. Man is a social being and
competitive in nature. So there can be never be an equilibrium and settling point
for growth of mankind. The requirement for better growth is - proper education for
exploring the area of interest, fair competitive environment with no discrimination
for pursuing the same and no exploitation of people who follow our guidelines.