I've noticed if you let a child help with the cooking they are more likely to eat their dinner.
Marx would be pleased as this confirms his theory of alienation.
EGG
It would be quicker, less effort and certainly less messy to scramble eggs myself.
This is in line with Model T Ford manufacture that taught us that division of labour increases output. Division of labour (you turn the screw, another sprays the paint) gets more stuff done.
What Marx saw however was that this process is dehumanising for workers. They are alienated which basically means they are bored. Profit is maximised but we are all a bit more miserable.
The tale of the egg showed me that the slower and messier process leads to a happy worker who ate his tea. He was part of the whole process not just a cog in the wheel.
Everyone wins for a bit more effort and collaboration. Fewer dinners were made but so what?
BUT
I had to wash up on my own.
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