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> A job is bullshit if the one who is doing it thinks it's bullshit according to Graeber. Sounds reasonable. My understanding is that Graeber's work concentrat
by dukeyukey 5y ago
> A job is bullshit if the one who is doing it thinks it's bullshit according to Graeber.
Sounds reasonable. My understanding is that Graeber's work concentrates on what Marx described as "alienation of labour", where people are sufficiently specialised that they don't draw satisfaction from their work any more. Some of these bullshit jobs are probably actually useful, but if it makes the worker feel like this then it still has the same ruinous effect on them, and to a point, society. In this case, feelings can trump facts.