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What nonsense. Yes, compared to 1910 there are more people in administrative positions, and this has nothing to do with capitalism. It's government. It's bec
by gozur88 10y ago
What nonsense.
Yes, compared to 1910 there are more people in administrative positions, and this has nothing to do with capitalism. It's government. It's because there are more rules, more laws, more restrictions. Rules, laws, and restrictions, by the way, that are very popular with voters.
You can do away with all these "bullshit jobs" if you're prepared to do without environmental restrictions, a nontrivial tax code, employment regulations, etc. Do we really want to live in the non-rose-tinted world of 1910, where you can legally pipe your toxic wasted into the nearest river, where you can fire your secretary if she won't sleep with you, where you can chop down the tree with the last spotted owl?
There's a cost to economic organization. One that you can't just wave away. The idea a job is a "bullshit job" if the person holding that job isn't swinging a hammer is just childish.
- scotty79 10y agoI could do without nontrivial tax code.
- gozur88 10y agoPeople say that, but most of the complexity in the tax code (that average people deal with, anyway) is there in an effort to make it more "fair" or to encourage socially beneficial behavior.
- scotty79 10y agoWhich fails horribly and instead benefits many antisocial economical behavioirs. Encouraging "right" activities through convoluted taxation has all the same qualities as planned economy. Although it's not as harmful because it affects smaller percentage of economy.