> bullshit employment has come to serve in places like the U.S. and Britain as a disguised, half-baked version of the dole
The incredible thing is that this happened without being a master plan of any government or even a cultural meme (an ideal like recycling, minority rights, literacy).
No one sat in a meeting room in the 1950s and said, "Well, we're going to have massive unemployment in the decades to come, so let's start creating lots of meaningless jobs."
It just happened. Gradually and without anyone noticing. Amazing.
The incredible thing is that this happened without being a master plan of any government or even a cultural meme (an ideal like recycling, minority rights, literacy).
No one sat in a meeting room in the 1950s and said, "Well, we're going to have massive unemployment in the decades to come, so let's start creating lots of meaningless jobs."
It just happened. Gradually and without anyone noticing. Amazing.