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<p>In The Right to Useful Unemployment, Ivan Illich suggests that
we need to break the association of the definition of work with
that of the coupling of labor force and capital. For him, we
must replace the status of the social relationship that commands
production with the beneficial outcomes of effort; the
achievement of satisfaction which flows from action.</p>
<p>He suggests 3 principle ideas: that in commodity based
societies the sheer abundance of commodities paralyzes the
autonomous determination of use-value, that professions play a
hidden role in society by shaping its needs, and that we must
illuminate the illusions and break the professional power that
perpetuates market dependance. Essentially, the power of
professions to measure what is good, right, and done warps the
desire, willingness, and ability of the “common person” to live
within their means.</p>
<p>Unemployment means idleness, rather than the freedom to do
things which are useful for oneself or ones neighbor. An active
person who maintains a household and raises children while
taking in those of others is distinguished from one who “works”
no matter how damaging or useless the product of that work may
be. Housework, handicrafts, subsistence agriculture, radical
technology, learning exchanges, and the like are degraded as
fringe activities for the idle, the unproductive, the very rich,
or very poor.</p>
<p>The quality of a society and it’s culture depends on the status
of it’s unemployed. We must protect the freedom of people to be
useful outside the activities that result in the production of
commodities. This depends on the rational and cynical competence
of the common person when faced with the professional imputation
of needs.</p>
<p>Ultimately, Illich says we need to destroy the symbolic power
of expertise, and that professional establishments protect their
legitimacy in 3 principle ways: Professional self policing,
professional alliances, and the professionalization of clients,
often in the form of “self-help.”</p>
<p>Illich suggests we must shift towards a participative
conception of justice, and resist training for extreme
specialization.</p>
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