Or which would you rather do, be servile and very highly paid, or be free and work long arduous hours accumulating minimum wages? Or would you rather sacrifice your dignity and health to have that $250,000.00 house and the luxury car, have your children go to Harvard or Yale, or... be basically healthy and answer only to the landlord, & live in that trailer park on the edge of over there?
Granted there are many more options, but hey, this is a game here. Play it or not, as you will.
2007-07-17 05:53:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
all of the above are so gloomy (i'll rather go to my reincarnation, hopefully to an utopia)
but thank god there are other middle road to go. ;p
2007-07-17 05:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by thuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather have less material things if I could have good health, happiness and love in my life.
I would rather be a slave, owned by a kind person who made sure I was fed well and warm at night, than to be a homeless person who has nothing, no one, and nowhere to call home.
I would imagine the slave has more self respect than the homeless because he has a purpose in life.
2007-07-17 06:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Granny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had money I might be able to free ten other people even though I remained a slave. I could purchase well-being and opportunity for my children.
I'm enough of an altruist that I might accept suffering to alleviate the suffering of many others. So yes. If you make the conditions lucrative enough, I'll do it.
Come to think of it, in many respects I ALREADY do. Peace.
2007-07-17 07:13:08 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A slave my not have his own opinion or choice of learning. his life can change at the whim of the master.
I was homeless once and I forged my life from that point.
I continually thank the people who helped me get on my feet and pursue my direction.
I have never been a slave, but I think it is good to choose.
2007-07-17 06:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by Dr weasel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if I had the choice to be free or a slave, it would be absurd to enter into slavery. Slavery might be easier in many ways, because it involves less existential choice, but it's not an authentic way to live. If i had no choice, that would be different. But of course, given the choice, I would have to choose.....well....choice =) Wouldn't we all?
2007-07-17 13:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
die with dignity. or die much later being used as a slave to someone Else's whims. in the end we're still dead. I die for freedom, for no chain will shackle these hands. all or nothing, no oppression, no slavery, no support for a corrupt system.
when the game is fixed, the only solution is to stop playing their game.
2007-07-17 06:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ashamed2beHuman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is neccessary to have Freedom by any means neccessary.
2007-07-17 05:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Market Magician 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either way, happiness is not guaranteed. you can move yourself up or down if you want it badly enough.
2007-07-17 07:22:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trailer park. I could go anywhere I please.
2007-07-17 06:04:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋