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> First: all work must support raising a family. Really? What about the work of a Twitch streamer? Or a rock musician?
by bumbledraven 10y ago
> First: all work must support raising a family.
Really?
What about the work of a Twitch streamer? Or a rock musician?
- mordocai 10y agoNeither of those are standard work.
- tnecniv 10y agoWhat work is standard?
- monknomo 10y agoI don't know what Adam Smith meant by all work, other than the plain language, but I think it's reasonable to say that all work for the government ought to support a family. The government shouldn't engage in work that isn't worth supporting the employee's family.
- jschwartzi 10y agoI would define it as work that should be reasonably expected to provide value to another human. All work of that nature should pay a living wage on which someone can raise a family.
- dredmorbius 10y agoRead Smith for the argument. Unless you'd prefer me to read it to you over the Internets.