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>>21851328
Hence, members of the Greatest Generation who worked on the massive infrastructure projects of the New Deal as part of the WPA often expressed life long pride in that work. It was mostly hard manual labor and you lived like an enlisted soldier. They built a ton of neoclassical buildings, planted tons of trees, built tons of trails, etc.

Young men got shelter and food, but very little else. But they learned trades and got to be a part of some bigger goal with moral reasons for working. Hence, tons of nostalgia for that program. Unfortunately, attempts to revive it have been pretty weak, "the free market will do it better." IDK though, I never have heard an old person wax poetic about their time serving Walmart.

You see a similar thing with the draft.

But work becomes empty when you grind just to be an interchangeable cog in an institution where all the benefits of better outcomes will only ever get funneled to those at the very top. It's not even just the lack of economic incentives, people willingly go do manual labor abroad or join the Peace Corps, it's the lack of any recognition or social aspect.

I've had a few good jobs. Working in outdoor recreation/guiding was always great, with great people, even admin staff. Working in restaurants was toxic shit most of the time but I did work at two where it was a good social scene that kept people happy. Being an office cog drone was awful, retail even worse. Construction was ok, but I've heard horror stories of bad companies. Working in local government was a mixed bag of disgruntled union Boomers who only thought of themselves (suprisingly, or maybe not, the cops were a big one) and very good people to work with.

who is the most important american writer, and why is it wilfrid sellars?

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