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Still, global manufacture is now efficient enough that a tiny part of the world can supply all the rest of it with all goods it needs. Neither China nor Malaysi
by creshal 11y ago
Still, global manufacture is now efficient enough that a tiny part of the world can supply all the rest of it with all goods it needs. Neither China nor Malaysia manage full employment, and the rest of the world is even worse off.
We really have to get past the "people would totally get a job if they weren't so damn lazy" mentality.
- majewsky 11y agoSeconded. All that mentality does is create "bullshit jobs" (not my wording) designed to employ people without actually giving meaning to their lives. http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
- creshal 11y agoBullshit jobs are already the "best" case result here, the other option is rampant unemployment (see also, Europe).
- Pxtl 11y agoNo necessarily. Imagine a world where startups and artists didn't have to worry where their next meal came from because a bare-minimal livable income was guaranteed, and supplementing that wasn't punished with substantial clawbacks until you started making real dough. Obviously this depends on a post-scarcity economy, but it sounds like a better world than one full of assistant HR support analysts.