That’s the core of the issue: when you’re so overworked that you (a) don’t have the time to reflect upon it and thus (b) don’t realize that the situation is terrible.
It’s a not a new trope, Jack London’s Martin Eden addresses the inability of physical workers to gain culture and reflect on their situation simply through the exhaustion they’re subject to.
It’s a not a new trope, Jack London’s Martin Eden addresses the inability of physical workers to gain culture and reflect on their situation simply through the exhaustion they’re subject to.