David Graeber: A Synthesis Essay

The phenomenon of bullshit jobs brought up some interesting points on society that resonated with me and led me to think the only solution to all these problems is a global revolution. In the article, David Graeber points out that jobs have been created that are effectively pointless and that because of this people end up being disenchanted with their lives and society that results in “a scar across our collective soul.” This scar is formed from people who go to their 9-5 jobs mainly as a means of survival, economic stability. Walmart is a major proponent in this economic system which limits people, exploits them and at the same time deprives them of any sort of prosperity because the system in place keeps the rich people rich while at the same time creating a disparaged underclass. This underclass is what Graeber argues to be the most important to our society. He rightly points out that without the teachers, the nurses, the mechanics our society would malfunction. These lower paid labourers are essence of our society yet our current system
This leads people to go to work because they have to sustain themselves, they are dependent on their jobs for survival and because of this they go to work because they have to, not because they want to. Instead of living life naturally without any outside influence from economic system, people are forced to live unfulfilled lives constantly trying to make ends meat, doing jobs they don’t care about because its their only means of survival, essientially they are not free but the opposite, they are stuck in a system which forces people to work for the sake of work, because work is good and good work fosters and increases economic prosperity for a small percentage of people that do not have the interests of the planet or humanity at heart and instead thrive on exploiting poor people and creating a massive economic