> No shit. I don't think Eric is rolling in it, otherwise I might denounce him as some sort of leisure class rentier.
(Unfortunately, I'm short on time, so I can't reply to Mike's, and SA's, thoughtful messages until tomorrow, but I do want to address this.) You act as if only rentiers and the right have a criticism of work. Not true, obviously. Lots of communists have, starting, notably, with Marx's own son-in-law. Of course Lenin and his love of Taylorism, and the necessity of defending state socialism, erased the critique of labor until the 60s, when it was revived by Tronti and Italian workers and then expanded on by feminists.
And yes, I know you know this, and yes, it's probably annoying. But since your impulse was to call me a rentier instead of, say, a Lazy LaFargue-ian, it seemed like you might need a reminder.