— David GraeberMarx appears to have been right when he argued that a “reserve army of the unemployed” has to exist in order for capitalism to work the way it’s supposed to.7 But it remains true that “More Jobs” is the one political slogan that both Left and Right can always agree on.8 They differ only about the most expedient means to produce the jobs.
Replicated under Fair Use from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber.