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If we stopped doing everything, society would crumble and eventually humanity would become extinct.
Society is a system of self-replicating mechanisms. The purpose of this system is to perpetuate and distribute a certain “liquid” in the environment, which has historically been called human capital. This liquid can be traded for goods or services, and it acts as a generally accepted medium of exchange amongst people.
Humans are self-replicating mechanisms. We do not replicate by creating new copies of ourselves, but rather by creating a system that creates goods or services which can be traded for human capital. This is why we have so many different industries and products - to gain as much power over the distribution of this liquid as possible.
There are many organisations which distribute this liquid, and thus have power over society - governments, political parties, corporations. They all exist to gain as much control of the distribution of human capital as possible.
Humans are also a means to distribute this liquid, or capital. We ourselves are products that can be sold in exchange for goods and services. It is important to note that humans who have “exchanged” their human capital for more capital (more power over the distribution of human capital) have no problem selling other humans - even if those humans are part of their identity group.
Another way to look at it is that humans are machines created by other humans, and the purpose of those human machines is to distribute liquid. The humans who make the machine are part of a different group than the ones being sold as products.
The purpose of these machines are to be sold and traded, but they also need to consume human capital. They do this by utilising their own assets. For example, a company may employ humans as workers in order for them to create goods or services which can then be distributed.