You wake up at 8 in the morning, you go the local farm and work the fields for an hour and a half. 9:30 you go to your local factory or manufacture and work the machines as an engineer/mechanic, you do this for an hour and a half or 2 hours then go to lunch. 12:00-12:30 you shower and then work doing some political and administrative work for about 2 hours. 2-2:30 you head home and work on your personal art project. What a “horrible” existence eh?
I mean we live under capitalism right now and so our imaginations are understandably limited by what exists in society today. How would you see it then? I think the OP kinda sees humans being encouraged to take up a more generalist lifestyle instead of today’s specialist lifestyle where people have careers and professions.
Good point about our imagination being limited by living under capitalism. I honestly just never considered that… As far as I know, under socialism, people still have a specialized profession. But you’re correct, communism may well be different. Having a more generalist lifestyle is an interesting thought… Could anyone here share any sources to read more about it?
I mean it’s not that complicated. It means quote: “while in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic.”
Since in a Communist society your labor power would have been abolished as a commodity, it would free up a person to any pursuit, I mean you can indeed pursue one career but why be stuck programming for 6 hours when you can do so much more with your time. One of the biggest issues with careers is that it keeps you stuck doing one thing for years and decades, that’s not healthy except for those who truly find enjoyment in their careers. Like imagine a doctor also being an engineer and does temp as a bartender or some days works at a farm.