Laziness and wastefulness are qualities produced by the surroundings, that is to say, in a culture in which abundance is possible, items mean less, as does thei

Laziness and wastefulness are qualities produced by the surroundings, that is to say, in a culture in which abundance is possible, items mean less, as does their disposal. I don't think they are innate human qualities, at least, not fully. The question is to what extent the capitalist mode of production instills these attitudes and thoughts through ideology. By abstract labour I mean the property of labour as valuable in an economy rather than as the concrete action of producing useful items. A related term is commodification, which transforms purely useful items into commodities by making them comparable (i.e bestowing the property of abstract labour). Abstract labour is what makes a coat and 20 yards of linen comparable and tradeable, and as a consequence of this, money is the general equivalent form for trading. The focus on high rate tasks instead of craftsmanship ties into the (again related) concept of alienation of labour, which is more obvious in late capitalism.