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No burdens can bow us down

No burdens can bow us down

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Marx wrote: "If we chose to work for all mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all."

To what degree do your religious/spiritual/philosophical beliefs cause you to think that this ideal is a necessary element of a 'life well lived'?

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Originally posted by @fmf
Marx wrote: "If we chose to work for all mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all."

To what degree do your religious/spiritual/philosophical beliefs cause you to think that this ideal is a necessary element of a 'life well lived'?
For me yes. It's not about what is best for all, I just believe

leave things better than I found them. It feels right.


Originally posted by @fmf
Marx wrote: "If we chose to work for all mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all."

To what degree do your religious/spiritual/philosophical beliefs cause you to think that this ideal is a necessary element of a 'life well lived'?
Marx also wrote, 'One morning I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got into my pyjamas I'll never know.'

(May have been Groucho).