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Warpy

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23. Valid points but consider the UBI would keep things small scale

Reply to hunter (Reply #22)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 09:15 AM

Sep 2020

People would be free to discover what they really want to do.

Moralists are terrified that without busywork and bullshit jobs and Puritan work ethic guilt, people will sink into dissipation. Well, the people who find sinking into dissipation attractive are already doing it, so there would be no net loss, only a gain as they left jobs they were bad at to the point of fouling everybody else up.

I don't know about you, but I've had enough of the joyless Puritanism, People will find jobs to do that both interest them and pass the time, including standing on street corners pushing joyless Puritanism.

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David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 [View all] PETRUS Sep 2020 OP

An unfathomable loss mdelaguna Sep 2020 #1

An incredible polymath. This is the type of person the world needs more of. erronis Sep 2020 #2

Indeed CatLady78 Sep 2020 #5

.nt CatLady78 Sep 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author mahina Sep 2020 #4

Very sad news. klook Sep 2020 #6

I quibbled slightly with "Bullshit Jobs" because I find duct tapers absolutely vital Warpy Sep 2020 #7

"I'd replace them with Cheerleaders: motivational speakers" BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #10

I remember a party in the mid 70s Warpy Sep 2020 #12

Weird Al Yankovic summed it up nicely BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #13

Excellent! burrowowl Sep 2020 #15

+1 Gonna watch this again, didn't know Al was attuned so well. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #17

Don't forget PR for say Facebook, Exxon etc. CatLady78 Sep 2020 #18

I kind of lumped PR flacks in with admen Warpy Sep 2020 #20

I think we should pay people to experiment with lifestyles having a small environmental footprint. hunter Sep 2020 #22

Valid points but consider the UBI would keep things small scale Warpy Sep 2020 #23

Graeber's work is brilliant and life-changing for so many of us greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #8

His "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology" looks like it is Stargleamer Sep 2020 #9

My son introduced me to Graeber's work. kag Sep 2020 #11

Sorry, I want to learn more about him & his work. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #14

I had a lot of respect for his intellect and his point of view. PETRUS Sep 2020 #16

Graeber looked familiar when I read the news, and appalachiablue Sep 2020 #29

Easy, free introduction... reACTIONary Sep 2020 #26

I just came across this video of him JonLP24 Sep 2020 #19

I read a little of his writing about anarchism and NO. betsuni Sep 2020 #21

+100 nt reACTIONary Sep 2020 #25

Hey PETRUS Sep 2020 #27

Graeber: "Anarchism is democracy without the government." betsuni Sep 2020 #28

Thanks for the reply. PETRUS Sep 2020 #30

The video is Larry David's George character in "Seinfeld" constantly berating people for not betsuni Sep 2020 #31

Well, I have no reason to argue with any of that. PETRUS Sep 2020 #32

Y A A... reACTIONary Sep 2020 #24