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Did you read the whole article? The author is decrying a society where people are forced to work 50 hot weeks so they remain docile(he claims this is in contras
by H4CK3RM4N 10y ago
Did you read the whole article? The author is decrying a society where people are forced to work 50 hot weeks so they remain docile(he claims this is in contrast to the 60s where people started to get free time and used it to protest).
Remember, according to Keynes we should we working 15 hour weeks by now(and if that's sustainable people would be paid a reasonable wage for a 15 hour week).
He then provides an example of a rock musician who was providing a measurable benefit to people's wellbeing, but is now working as a corporate lawyer(and aparrently generating nothing of value). The author's central question is basically asking why we live in a society where there's a finite number of artists, but an infinite number of lawyers(all kept busy for 50hrs/wk and paid well).
- qrbLPHiKpiux 10y agoI remember being told, somewhere in high school, that the slaves that build the pyramids were kept docile by being fed beer after work...
- gigatexal 10y agoI did read it and quoted parts from it. Also Keynes is given undue acclaim in economics. People would do well to study more Hayek.
- notthemessiah 10y agoWhy do you think Keynes is well-respected? Have you read "A General Theory"?
- gigatexal 10y agoStudying Keynes was required for me to graduate with my degree in Econ, though, I find the Hayek-ian school fits better with theory that can also be shown experimentally.
- notthemessiah 10y agoExperimentally? What economic experiments validate Austrian theory?
- gigatexal 10y agoLook at any firm or individual
- battlebot 10y agoPeople in the 60s were protesting the draft and the Vietnam war, mainly. The hippies and the peaceniks were experimenting with all kinds of collectivist living arrangements, none of which were successful for any long period of time. The amount of drugs those people consumed may have been a contributing factor. It seems like very few intentional communities survive, though. The Amish are probably the most successful and I do so appreciate how they give a huge middle finger to the modern police state system and all its trappings.