Introduction

The right to be lazy was a piece of writing whose impact and influence in its day was practically on par with Marx and Engels, the communist manifesto. LaFarg's intention was to send a shockwave throughout the massive workers, opening their eyes to the soul-crushing grind demanded by life under capitalism. In his work, LaFarg observes that societies and antiquity generally manifested an absolute hatred for work. The European ruling class elevated the virtues of work to a kind of religion.

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