1. In Praise of Idleness by and Bertrand Russell
... of labor to social equality. Russell explicates how the sheer thought of "leisure for the poor" invokes paroxysms in the upper class. He relates through anecdotal experience, as he recalled a Duchess once said 'What do the poor want to do with holidays? They ought to work." In no small shape or form does this form of prejudice and self ... -justified privilege obstruct the realization of a decent society which brings happiness across the population as opposed to congregating it in the hands of the privileged, lucky few. My own country of Indonesia is experiencing a surge of admini...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate