>Anthropologist David Graeber’s new book accuses the global economy of churning out meaningless jobs that are killing the human spirit. You know what really ki

>Anthropologist David Graeber’s new book accuses the global economy of churning out meaningless jobs that are killing the human spirit. You know what really kills the human spirit? Poverty, starvation, war. Maybe there are a ton of crappy jobs people are taking, but they are making a living in the most peaceful and prosperous times in human history. >“That one person’s time can belong to someone else is actually quite peculiar” Huh? You come into this world with nothing, of course you're going to trade your time for other things you want. It is possible to not do this, but then you're probably not making money, relying on family/state for financial assistance, and generally not being productive. Business owners' time is owned by their customers, by the way, that's how they make their living. >He says he periodically receives “unsolicited communications” from such people, who insist that no one “would ever spend company money on an employee who wasn’t needed.” LOLOLOLOL. Of course the free market isn't 100% efficient. You can criticize and laugh at that all you want. But good luck coming up with a better alternative. Lord knows we've tried, through all of human history. >By positioning themselves as job creators and maneuvering the political system to laud any and all jobs, rather than asking if they’re meaningful or help society or the employees, “they” can maintain power indefinitely. (This would be Graeber’s ruling elite, the 1 percent targeted by the Occupy Movement.) Ah yes, that pesky 1 percent. They earn 21% of all income. But guess what? They pay 40% of all income taxes [1]. The top 1% pays as much in taxes as the bottom 90%. Such terrible people. Of course they're not perfect, let's get rid of all rent seeking behavior, but let's also not throw the baby out with the bathwater by demonizing the most productive and highest contributing people in society. People don't appreciate the foundations of their society that they take for granted. They have a hard time feeling useful, so they criticize. Nothing new. [1] - https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2016-update/ https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-...