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A lot of people have pointless jobs, but it seems even more people have jobs that are actively contributing to the wanton destruction of our entire world. I sus
by c22 9y ago
A lot of people have pointless jobs, but it seems even more people have jobs that are actively contributing to the wanton destruction of our entire world. I suspect these are both symptoms of our elevation of capital to the status of universal good. This will only get worse as long as we continue to espouse the default view that people who "don't have a job" are useless moochers and people who have high paying jobs are valuable contributors to society.
- amelius 9y ago"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads." --Jeff Hammerbacher
- geodel 9y agoThe best minds of previous generations were fighting wars or leading battles. I personally do not think either of those activities is specifically better or worse.
- Filligree 9y agoI do. Wars. Wars are worse.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoThey do help reduce economic inequality, nothing like a good war to flatten wealth.
- gonzo41 9y agoYeah look at Alepo. But the average Syrian didn't really have all that much anyway. The west will never fight a war like WW2 ever again.
- optimusmaximus 9y ago>muh war is bad, you guys. amirite? >muh humanity Judaeo-Christian bullshit. Words can't describe how hard I'm rolling my eyes right now.
- seattle_spring 9y agoWell you sure convinced me, champ.
- gf263 9y agoSeriously?
- gonzo41 9y agoThey still are.
- vorg 9y agoVirtually all jobs in Western societies are bullshit jobs (as defined in the article). But you've alluded to the real reason such BS jobs exist -- to give people something to do and keep them occupied so they don't go out and fight wars. Sport fulfills the same purpose. Better people work in a cube all day and practise baseball after work than sit around on the UBI until they form some political party, take over the government, and go to war against another country for their plutonium mines.