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the conclusion of the article is that smarter, richer people work more and watch less TV. […] Seems the point of the article is to reinforce this very idea isnt it? [/quote]
Yes. It’s soothing clickbait for the middlebrow wage slave. I don’t doubt that some of the higher ups like this slant as well… but the “always work” that they are doing “all the time” consists (heavily) of activities that most of us wouldn’t ever mistake for work.
Academic studies indicate blue collar employment scarcity is not so novel as this article implies. In the 19th century, standing around looking spry and peppy in order to be hired for the day was not just for Mexicans in front of the Home Depot or retail workers at your favorite supermarket. It was happening out front of every sweatshop on the Lower East Side and at the entrances of mines in the north of England, West Virginia and Montana.
Working people have been kept in line this way for one heck of a long time.
