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There was a time, the historian Karl Polanyi reminds us, when the “problem” of unemployment for the laborer was not so much a problem of lack of work as lack of wages.22 Today this reality is obscured: lack of work—unemployment—constitutes an acute psychological crisis.
Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
Parce que la production sociale (celle du nécessaire et du superflu) exige de moins en moins de « travail » et distribue de moins en moins de salaires, il devient de plus en plus difficile de se procurer un revenu suffisant et stable au moyen d’un travail payé. Dans le discours du capital, on attribue cette difficulté au fait que « le travail manqu
... See moreAndré Gorz • Misères du présent, richesse du possible (French Edition)
"It's not necessarily that different generations hold different attitudes about work," Damaske argued. "For millennials and for some members of Gen Z, they've witnessed two recessions, back-to-back. This is a very different labor market experience than what their parents and grandparents encountered."
Vox • Gen Z does not dream of labor
Over the past two years, young millennials and members of Gen Z have created an abundance of memes and pithy commentary about their generational disillusionment toward work. The jokes, which correspond with the rise of anti-work ideology online, range from shallow and shameless ("Rich housewife is the goal") to candid and pessimistic.