Oh, the ethos is old indeed, much older than that.

Paul Lafargue's "The Right To Be Lazy" was written in 1883 and, if we're to make an abstraction of the formulations ever so typical for that time and the historical context, as well as the strong ideology that underpins the work, it makes for an entirely interesting read: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul-lafargue-the-ri...