Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter how well distributed, destroy the social, cultural, and environmental conditions for equal productive freedom.

Ivan Illich
Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter...
Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter...
Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter...
Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter...
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The most productive societies are those in which the wealthy are not the only people who can consume, but in which the rest of us can also enjoy consuming. The most productive societies are those in which the wealthy do not hoard their wealth for themselves, but in which there is sufficient wealth that everyone can enjoy it. The most productive societies are those in which the wealthy do not hoard their wealth for themselves, but in which there is sufficient wealth that everyone can enjoy it. The quote above is by Josef Stalin. It is about how he feels about capitalism and how he feels about labor.

He felt that labor was the greatest commodity of all time. He felt that labor was more important than money. He felt that labor was an important part of a nation's history and culture.

So, while some may say that short term jobs are nice but they don't last long enough, Stalin said that having longer term jobs would be better for society as a whole because you're creating more jobs for more people rather than just having jobs for yourself.

Source: The Right To Useful Unemployment And Its Professional Enemies

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