Very much so. I think it’s the very long hangover from the “Protestant Work Ethic” which was always just a moralistic way for bosses to punch down on their worker-slaves. Things like “quiet quitting” and so on are a response to that, but you’re right that it has permeated every aspect of American culture. It’s a broad and deep problem.
america has a “suffering is good, actually” culture. you see this in every aspect in life, especially work culture, it seems to me (as an outsider)
Very much so. I think it’s the very long hangover from the “Protestant Work Ethic” which was always just a moralistic way for bosses to punch down on their worker-slaves. Things like “quiet quitting” and so on are a response to that, but you’re right that it has permeated every aspect of American culture. It’s a broad and deep problem.