(November 1, 2015 at 10:50 pm)Combanitorics Wrote:(November 1, 2015 at 10:40 pm)Chuck Wrote: The cause of complacency is the fact that humans in general think little beyond their own lives and would rather enjoy than strive.
I think Marx's idea of class is over simplistic, but his idea that previliged portions of tends to protect the unsustainable status quo that gave them the privilege, until the status quo become so onerous to others that violence would arise to overthrow it, is fairly accurate.
So you think that the fact that people would rater enjoy than strive causes people, at times, to strive for a short amount of time so that they can enjoy more when their striving is over?
Yes. But many factors complicate that.
