I dunno about the greater context of your snippet, but at face value it seems optimistic to me. It's a wonderful thing when many important axes of consideration are in alignment. Many people find happiness in feeling useful, and money is how a civilization abstracts usefulness into something fungible. It's certainly not a perfect abstraction, but it's not inherently good or bad either.

Indeed.

That person is going to end up being the type that will be lying on their death bed thinking "I wish I had allowed myself to have more fun."

> This is a sad, sad way to live life

That’s just how living under capitalism is like for the people who aren’t the lucky few who have a great job doing something they like. If you want a world without the need to earn money, advocate for and implement UBI.

Until then, don’t disparage people trying to earn money.

Thank you for the lecture, Karl

Calling people communists is hardly a productive mode of discourse.