The counterargument I often hear is that janitorial work is, in the grand scheme of things, very important and yet nobody would do it if we all just did what we wanted to do.
As a veritable army of curmudgeons has pointed out, "that's why they call it 'work'".
That said, when those of us who have the privilege and opportunity to take this advice don't follow it, that's unfortunate.
The American legacy of Calvinism is that you do well by doing good, or working hard. If people work their asses off and there's no payoff at the end... if nobody 'arrives', if it's slaving away until you're old and broken...
Then what's the whole point? Why do we think we are more right than the slackers? Where's the evidence?
As a veritable army of curmudgeons has pointed out, "that's why they call it 'work'".
That said, when those of us who have the privilege and opportunity to take this advice don't follow it, that's unfortunate.
The American legacy of Calvinism is that you do well by doing good, or working hard. If people work their asses off and there's no payoff at the end... if nobody 'arrives', if it's slaving away until you're old and broken...
Then what's the whole point? Why do we think we are more right than the slackers? Where's the evidence?