Workplace puritanism protects workers from physiological collapse under rationalized labor

Evidence

When the pressure of coercion is exercised over the whole complex of society (and this has taken place in particular since the fall of slavery and the coming of Christianity) puritan ideologies develop which give an external form of persuasion and consent to the intrinsic use of force. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1111 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Any force or event that is placed between the subject and the consequences of shocking the victim, will lead to a reduction of strain on the participant and thus lessen disobedience. In modern society others often stand between us and the final destructive act to which we contribute. … Indeed, mediating the action, splitting the action between stages delineated and set apart by the hierarchy of authority, and cutting the action across through functional specialization is one of the most salient and proudly advertised achievements of our rational society. The meaning of Milgram’s discovery is that, immanently and irretrievably, the process of rationalization facilitates behaviour that is inhuman and cruel in its consequences, if not in its intentions. The more rational is the organization of action, the easier it is to cause suffering - and remain at peace with oneself. — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 441 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Puritanical workplace surveillance serves rationalized production, not mere ideology; Rationalized social organization structurally enables cruelty by mediating responsibility — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 441; Puritan ideologies dress up coercion as consent once total pressure succeeds — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1111 (+2 more)

Related

• Puritanical workplace surveillance serves rationalized production, not mere ideology (similarity 0.83)
• Rationalized social organization structurally enables cruelty by mediating responsibility (similarity 0.82)
• Puritan ideologies dress up coercion as consent once total pressure succeeds (similarity 0.80)
• Rationalized social relationships increase the efficiency of producing inhumanity (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Rationalized social organization structurally enables cruelty by mediating responsibility #expands (0.80) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 441
• Puritan ideologies dress up coercion as consent once total pressure succeeds #corroborates (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1111
• Adaptation to industrial work methods requires combining coercion with persuasion and consent. #qualifies (0.80)
• Rationalized social relationships increase the efficiency of producing inhumanity #expands (0.75) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 436