• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Getting to vs having to. Makes a big difference. Soldiers have to force march with a ruck; we get to hike the Appalachian Trail. One is an adventure and the others sucks.

    Being happy with less or growing to accept less is different from wanting more and being unable.

    • Dogyote@slrpnk.net
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      3 months ago

      Growing to accept less seems like capitulation to an unfair, unjust, and unstainable system… but then why would I want to participate in that anyway? This is confusing