"Work Ethic" Neurosis

    While we all agree that a healthy work ethic is a great thing...I think the way it's being portrayed in society today is so distorted. First of all, a strong work ethic is only "good" if what you're working at is good... to correct the religious meme on this subject: idle hands don't do the devils work...busy hands doing the devils work, do the devils work. This problem is compounded by the fact that the values promoted today are self-interested and tribal. This is further compounded by the fact that only work that the wealthy and powerful demand is properly incentivized. In the US, there are virtually no sources of funding for the public good...public banks have been destroyed by money interests, and politicians will not tax the wealthy or push initiatives that help the average person, because they ARE, or are beholden to money interests.
    When I look at all the people who claim to have strong work ethic and demand it of others...they don't have strong work ethics at all...they are simply laser-focused on solely improving their own situation and they misinterpret that dedication to self-interest as work ethic. Meanwhile, they accuse everyone else of being lazy, only when someone else refuses to do something THEY want. We don't have a work ethic problem, we have a problem with aggressive, self-interested people trying to coerce self-determined people.
    Keep an eye out in your own life, see if this is true for you as well.