and therefore in order to have a life, one has to buy ones life, or have it bought for them by their mother or benefactor, or the landowner who has bought the land they forage, and the food ,for freegans that they forage. The whole earth is purchased therefore to first of all be living in the first place, ones life has to be bought, and so the best things in life are not free. as one has to buy ones life first, in order to experience anything.. "The best things in life are free" therefore is a lie.
2006-12-10 04:07:04 · 8 answers · asked by green_womble 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
intersting thoughts. what about people who live off the land which they inherited, and dont buy things but make it all by themselves.
2006-12-10 04:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by whiteafrican01 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think you are a bit mixed up. Life itself IS free, the maintenance of it isn't. When they say the 'best' things, they are not speaking about food etc. Obviously, they are not free cos farmers have to live too and life is mutual dependence on each other. By the 'best' things is meant a walk on a beach on a fine day, a beautiful sunset, a yap with a good friend, reading a good library book. It means you don't need the big Merc in the garage, you don't even need the garage, really, to be happy. It means don't sell your soul to buy distractions from the reality that SOME of the best things in life are free.
2006-12-10 06:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel Maria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't always thus, and some people strive to avoid living this life. The whole political and banking system of world control makes your comments true for most people on Planet Earth. But you can avoid it, though it's really difficult. As the other person said, you can own your own land and grow your own food, provide for all your own needs - just like it USED TO BE before us stupid humans got sucked into money and borrowing and consumerism.
It's a massive subject.
2006-12-10 04:22:33 · answer #3 · answered by Gardenclaire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You make a very modern metropolitan argument. I've always thought people who grow up and live in cities have a warped perspective of the world. Land ownership and agribusiness are modern constructs of civilization, not basic necessities of human existence. The human race developed for a long time without. It strikes me as humorous when people can't grasp the concept of my eating a pork tenderloin from a wild hog I've killed, as an example. In a way, the saying can be seen as a warning. One should be careful whether he owns his possessions, or the possessions own him.
2006-12-10 06:09:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might want to check you history from grammer school. When people firt came to AMERICA they didn't have to buy the land the just had to stake a claim on the land and live off it.
2006-12-10 04:24:31 · answer #5 · answered by mind_works_wonders 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your argument is not logical.....You need to study simple biology.
LIGHT is the first point of life.
2006-12-10 04:19:12 · answer #6 · answered by KD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So true.
2006-12-10 04:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
O RLY?
2006-12-10 05:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋