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Comment by TeeMassive

4 years ago

> David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy is essentially people performing useless work, as a sort of subconscious self-preservation instinct of the economic status quo.

Isn't it unavoidable in a world with food surplus and automation?

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