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The premise of the article is increasingly untrue. It describes the situation up until roughly ten years ago. Since then there has been an emphasis on easy jobs
by jouls 9y ago
The premise of the article is increasingly untrue. It describes the situation up until roughly ten years ago. Since then there has been an emphasis on easy jobs, privatization and "flexibility". Many people today have huge mortgages, a fairly weak social safety net and are hired as contractors.
- dhairya 9y ago"We won’t protect jobs. But we will protect workers.” This seems really important. The social infrastructure to support education and relearnig will be vital as many jobs are automated away.
- yakitori 9y agoThe media's portrayal of sweden/scandinavia is certainly different from my experience talking to swedes. Maybe the older swedes are doing fine, but the younger generation all seem to want to leave as soon as they can to britain and dare I say even the US. Even the most famous swede, pewdiepie, left sweden.