Division of labour in services destroys the very comfort it is meant to provide

Evidence

The capitalist has the power (though by no means arbitrary or total) to mobilize the powers of co-operation, division of labour, and machinery as powers of capital over labour. The result is an organized detail division of labour within the factory, which reduces the labourer to a fragment of a person. ‘The absurd fable of Menenius Agrippa, which makes man a mere fragment of his own body, becomes realized’ (Capital, 1 : 340). — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 634 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Factory division of labor reduces workers to fragments of persons — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 634; Service jobs require workers to perform and suppress feelings for pay — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 506

Broader Connections

• Factory division of labor reduces workers to fragments of persons #expands (0.82) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 634