“The development of productive technologies offered western society a choice: to have more leisure time, or to increase the production and consumption of consumer goods. Capitalism took us down the latter path, and the Utopian dream of ease and leisure for all was buried under a mountain of commodities. [ch.three]” WorkCapitalismConsumerismAlienation Book:The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work Source: The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work
“One of the most pressing questions faced by capitalist societies now, at the pinnacle of their productive capacities, is the question of what should be done with the time being saved by these gains in productivity. What meaning and content will we, as a society, choose to give this new-found free-time? Will we use it to enhance our lives outside work, nourish our relationships and pursue our own self-development, or will economic rationality dictate that we spend just as much time and energy on work as we did before? [ch.one]” WorkCapitalismProductivityLeisureFuturism Book:The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work Source: The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work