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>But the whole point about Basic Income is what we do about there being fewer and fewer jobs that pay a proper salary. The fact that there are few jobs rebuild
by crdoconnor 11y ago
>But the whole point about Basic Income is what we do about there being fewer and fewer jobs that pay a proper salary.
The fact that there are few jobs rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure is due to a political choice, not some sort of inevitable outcome of a 'fair' and just market.
Likewise, the fact that China makes most of the cheap things we buy at Walmart was thanks to a series of political choices (trade policy).
There's absolutely no reason why we couldn't reverse those policies to bring the jobs back.
Moreover, our infrastructure is going to keep crumbling and China isn't going to sell us cheap manufactured goods forever.
- ThomPete 11y agoWell you are entitled to that opinion but I frankly don't see where you find the evidence that this is political. Every country in the west wether socialist leaning or capitalist leaning is experiencing exactly the same problems. Uber is affecting all countries the same way. Technology is disrupting even the nationstate and it's ability to control it politically. And yes there are plenty of reasons why you couldn't bring back the jobs because even in China they are not really there anymore. The Chinese are loosing jobs to the robots in ever expanding phase. So yes you can get production back but it wont be coming with any jobs.
- crdoconnor 11y ago>Well you are entitled to that opinion And you're entitled to believe in the coming androidjobpocalypse. >The Chinese are loosing jobs to the robots Would love to see what sort of anecdotes you come up with for this gem. It's a convenient fairy tale - pretending that reversing the trade deals that sent 5-10 million jobs overseas wouldn't matter anyway because strong AI is going to steal those returning jobs. Just a little light on evidence.