It is a common myth that idlers are incapable of working. The term idler is used as a pejorative by the forces of dullness and authority as they like the idea that idleness equates to evil, and they want society at large to despise the idler. The non-idler cannot understand the paradox of the working idler. He likes things to be simple: you are either working, or not working.

Idleness and Industry, The Idler.