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>actions that roughly cancel each other out Welcome to the 'the service industry is a job program for the middle class' view. It's not a rosy one, and the pred
by ovi256 8y ago
>actions that roughly cancel each other out
Welcome to the 'the service industry is a job program for the middle class' view. It's not a rosy one, and the predictions it makes even less so.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI've been entertaining that view for a long time now wrt. advertising, but what other service job has the same characteristics? Namely, that your works serves mostly to undo the results of your peers' work, and vice versa?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI think medical insurance has a component like this. The doctor's office has people in it whose job is to make sure that the doctor gets paid, and the insurance company's office has people in it who try to find ways to not pay.
- someguydave 8y agoThere are vast numbers of government (and quasi-government) employees who work to cancel or mitigate the actions of other government employees.