[rileyjshaw]

“The managers tell us that the swimmers, crawlers, walkers, and fliers spent their lives working in order to eat. These managers are broadcasting their news too soon. The varied beings haven’t all been exterminated yet. You, reader, have only to mingle with them, or just watch them from a distance, to see that their waking lives are filled with dances, games, and feasts. Even the hunt, the stalking and feinting and leaping, is not what we call Work, but what we call Fun. The only beings who work are inmates like us.”

- Fredy Perlman, Against Leviathan

[burntoutfire]

> The only beings who work are inmates like us.

What about ants?

[beaconstudios]

Ants are basically a hivemind right? Their individuality is subsumed to the colony. I don't know if ants even play, which I think is the basic requirement for individuality.