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Salon, “Walmart is a cultural sickness: How the American workplace is enriching the wealthy — and destroying everyone else,” June 2, 2015

Customers walk outside a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles November 26, 2013. This year, Black Friday starts earlier than ever, with some retailers, including Wal-Mart, opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTX15UBT

Walmart is a cultural sickness: How the American workplace is enriching the wealthy — and destroying everyone else
by KYLE SCHMIDLIN, Salon, June 2, 2015

There’s also a compelling argument, articulated brilliantly in a 2013 essay by author and activist David Graeber, that many white-collar and service sector jobs have no justifiable reason to exist. Says Graeber: “It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working.”

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