“ In practice nobody cares whether work is useful or useless, productive or parasitic ”
George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
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| Source | Down and Out in Paris and London |
| Topic | work care |
| Date | 1933 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100171.txt |
Context
“I do not think there is anything about a beggar that sets him in a different class from other people, or gives most modern men the right to despise him.
Then the question arises, Why are beggars despised? – for they are despised, universally. I believe it is for the simple reason that they fail to earn a decent living. In practice nobody cares whether work is useful or useless, productive or parasitic; the sole thing demanded is that it shall be profitable. In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of it, what meaning is there except ‘Get money, get it legally, and get a lot of it’?”
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