Paraphrase : There is something deeply conflicted about the
devotion to work, vocation, career as an ideal in
any society, but especially in one that has
zealously cast off so many of its other
repressions...
We (Americans) have all been so
oversocialized that unnatural devotion to toil
leaves its mark on every area of life. It could even
be argued that the most highly prized pleasures
have themselves become a form of work.
complete with their own uniforms, disciplines.
and special lingo.' -- Christopher Clausen,
professor