Chapter 3: Conspicuous Leisure
Veblen argues leisure became honorific because labor was associated with subjugation and drudgery during the predatory stage.
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From The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
Abstention from productive labor is itself a badge of honor; the leisure class demonstrates status by ostentatiously wasting time on non-industrial pursuits.
Chapter 3
Discussion of vicarious leisure performed by wives and servants to advertise the master's standing.
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