“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