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BAD CULTURE You may be familiar with the notion of judging someone by how much work they do and by whether they have a job or not. Are you aware that this is by no means a universal human definition of human value? It is in fact part of the toxic culture of capitalism. In past times and places no one was judged by their job because, before capitalism, the very idea of "the job" had not yet been invented. Likewise, in previous ages "work" was more likely to have been done by slaves. It was not a badge of honour but indicative of the fact you had been coerced. "The job" itself was invented by early capitalists to get people into their factories so they (but not the workers) could become rich. These capitalists slowly built a whole culture built on the idea that having a job was a matter of status. But that was just self-serving bullshit. Reflect on these things. #Politics #capitalism #work #job