The Protestant work ethic is the notion that your worth is a function of your hard work: what you produce. This is the mental illness of our time. The idea of hard work put forth in American society is a burden that crushes the broken and disenfranchised and suffocates the souls of those who grit their teeth and bear it [2018]

July 20, 2024   In: Democracy & Power    Source:  Life After Dogma    Topics: Mental Health, Protestant Work Ethic

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