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**QRhnNSg9** · 08-25-2009, 06:49 AM

so the middle class has no work ethic? while indsutrialization and specialization of labor certainly allowed massive increases in wealth and, thus, the general welfare of people, it seemed to take some time for work ethic to wear down. even today, some people have it, some do not....and those without work ethic are not ALL people in the middle class. I think it's cultural, work is no longer respected or rewarded as it once was, there's been a shift to consumption. perhaps you are right though, it will take overconsumption to put us back into poverty (or closer than we'd like anyone) to reawaken work ethic. or perhaps that culture is gone, and we'll just rely on the government to provide everything for us. hey, we can get a nice house, parking, grass from PHA, why work and struggle to buy an old rowhome?

08-25-2009, 06:49 AM	#3
QRhnNSg9 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 316 Senior Member	so the middle class has no work ethic? while indsutrialization and specialization of labor certainly allowed massive increases in wealth and, thus, the general welfare of people, it seemed to take some time for work ethic to wear down. even today, some people have it, some do not....and those without work ethic are not ALL people in the middle class. I think it's cultural, work is no longer respected or rewarded as it once was, there's been a shift to consumption. perhaps you are right though, it will take overconsumption to put us back into poverty (or closer than we'd like anyone) to reawaken work ethic. or perhaps that culture is gone, and we'll just rely on the government to provide everything for us. hey, we can get a nice house, parking, grass from PHA, why work and struggle to buy an old rowhome?
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