News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (2018) by zeroonetwothree on Sunday June 18, 2023 @10:40AM (#36380687)
We don’t “insist” on structuring labour this way, it’s what arose as efficient from a market of voluntary private actors. Very “anarchist” in that sense. I would hope that Graeber is familiar with basic texts like Theory of the Firm.
Re:Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (2018) by alexwennerberg on Sunday June 18, 2023 @06:29PM (#36385193)
> arose as efficient

Capitalism does not drive towards 'efficiency' in some general sense. It is full of dead weight, destruction, forced scarcity, waste, and bloat. This is not accidental, it is essential to how the system functions.