Post-work or post-employment?

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Interesting article, a bit long and it's really about post-employment — which can only be achieved in a socialist society, not through the introduction of a universal basic income under capitalism (which is not going to happen) as some of the "post-work" theorists are suggesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs

Marx and Morris get a mention:

Quote:

In 1845, Karl Marx wrote that in a communist society workers would be freed from the monotony of a single draining job to “hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner”. In 1884, the socialist William Morris proposed that in “beautiful” factories of the future, surrounded by gardens for relaxation, employees should work only “four hours a day”.

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