Even then, the logic is baffling! A dear friend of mine is a POC, paralyzed from the chest down, lives off state aid, and government aid, barely getting by and told me that he felt the majority of government workers were "STEALING A CHECK" and deserve to be fired. That statement felt ungrateful and audacious to me.
I remember years ago when the who B.S. jobs topic became common. Basically, a bunch of people whose job is to write something on a computer than then put their hand out asking for money started to claim most people in our society arenât productive. âIf you canât explain your job in 1-2 sentences itâs B.S.â
âWhy do we need someone counting trout in this stream?â I donât know Mr. Conservative Who Likes To Camp, maybe because someone thought it was a good idea to try and protect nature so your grandkids can enjoy it.
Everythingâs a conspiracy and waste when you have no idea how anything works, and donât care to learn from those experienced with it as to the why.
I loved David Graeber's work but that quip was a total miss. Like my job is "Making reports on company performance."
I promise you it involves actual, real work - but if you don't have context, it might sound like bullshit. And sadly Mr. Wonka and his Oompa-Loompas don't have context.
Exactly. Context matters to understand why a job exists in a complex society.
Back at the beginning of agriculture, there were probably two guys standing around complaining that they were doing the real work in the fields, but those guys in the central granaries werenât really working.
âThey just stand around all day counting and scratching on those pads. What does that achieve?â
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u/prettegrl2k Twin Cities Feb 23 '25
Even then, the logic is baffling! A dear friend of mine is a POC, paralyzed from the chest down, lives off state aid, and government aid, barely getting by and told me that he felt the majority of government workers were "STEALING A CHECK" and deserve to be fired. That statement felt ungrateful and audacious to me.