This is subject to all of the usual caveats of survey-based self reporting. There are a lot of reasons people will not want to admit their jobs are bullshit unt

This is subject to all of the usual caveats of survey-based self reporting. There are a lot of reasons people will not want to admit their jobs are bullshit until you get to know them personally. But among most of the people I know who did disclose that to me, Graeber's generalization and categorization tracks pretty well. It helps me understand why these people feel that way in a common rubric, and give them better advice than just indulging their wild fantasies to go throw everything away that they worked for and become a surfing instructor or teach in a ghetto school after 4 weeks training. It's not like I work as a paid workplace psychology consultant or policy maker.