by Clare Solomon | External link

Graeber recognises that bullshit work can lead to unhappiness, and conversely that the opposite is also true; that fulfilling ‘work’, that is contributing to a better society, is at least a start to overcoming alienation. A different way of organising work is needed, so that the work that needs to be done is shared equally, and all can contribute democratically to the administration of things. This would be much better than a world divided into those excluded from work, those who do the necessary jobs under horrible conditions (the shit jobs), those who do the bullshit jobs to keep the whole unnecessary circus in play, and that 1% who benefit from it all.