Bertrand Russell on Refusal of work
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“The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.”
“Without a considerable amount of leisure a man is cut off from many of the best things. There is no longer any reason why the bulk of the population should suffer this deprivation; only a foolish asceticism, usually vicarious, makes us continue to insist on work in excessive quantities now that the need no longer exists.”