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by malermeister 1429 days ago
This sounds a lot like the Marxist theory of alienation [0] in practice.

Because do-ers can't decide what they do, they get alienated from their work product and get apathetic.

The fact that it is happening during a capitalist crisis only adds strength to the theory.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx's_theory_of_alienation