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BS Jobs w/ David Graeber (2018)

Srsly Wrong

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Duct Tapers - The Fourth Type of Bullshit Job

A duct taper is someone who is fixing a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place. Duct tapers help people do their applications for social assistance and stuff like that. They're hired goons because the people who hire them would never turn down people for welfare to their face. It's a problem that the goons are making in the welfare industry. So how's that bucket with the water dripping into it doing? Only about one-fifteenth full. Oh, got nice comments on my profile picture. Yes.

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