I think this concept is linked to Voltaire - the intellectual protagonists of _Candide_ end up doing gardening work.
As to
>image of people like Jonathan Alter, Eric Alterman, Joe Conason, Cokie
>Roberts, Chris Matthews, the entire FOX News prime time line-up, et al.,
>stooped over steaming piles of swine dung does bring a smile to my lips).
>They'll never know the dignity of inspired labor, of a physical job
>well-done, of the sweet soreness one feels the day after some heavy lifting,
>hammering, digging. What matters it?
>
Although the above named individuals might be mental whores in a dire need of learning the virtues of manual labor - we have to look into the social organization of production (aka taylorism) and the division of labor it creates for the culprits.
wojtek