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Populist_Prole

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2. Fantastic article

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 12:42 PM

Aug 2013

I just can't get over how the complete upside down-ness of our value of real work is taken as normal, or even positive. Yeah I've heard the old adage "The more you make the less you're supposed to do" may have been coined jokingly but US culture makes it the de-facto law of the land so with ruthless gusto.

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The Rise of Bullshit Jobs [View all] n2doc Aug 2013 OP

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Something wrong with manual labor? n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #3

Fantastic article Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #2