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Jobs have been an identity for as long as civilization has existed. Hence last names like "Miller", "Smith", "Cooper", etc.
by hvs 5y ago
Jobs have been an identity for as long as civilization has existed. Hence last names like "Miller", "Smith", "Cooper", etc.
- lmm 5y agoHaving your profession be your identity, yes. That's not the same as having a particular employer be your identity.
- version_five 5y agoYes, to be fair, the town blacksmith or cooper was probably self employed, certainly not an anonymous representative of a public company.
- vkou 5y agoMost people in the history of civilization were subsistence peasants, because throughout most of civilization, agricultural productivity was so low that it couldn't afford more than a small fraction of the population to work as 'professionals'.