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> We've arrived at a point and time where the productivity of every able bodied person is not needed to sustain us One of the lowest unemployment rates in hist
by smileysteve 7y ago
> We've arrived at a point and time where the productivity of every able bodied person is not needed to sustain us
One of the lowest unemployment rates in history and not enough people picking crops seems to disagree with your premise.
- FussyZeus 7y agoThat's a very small subset of the total labor pool to focus on with which you deliver a point that is, at best, muddy.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoI kinda thought your point above was pretty muddy: > We seem to be maintaining the idea that full time employment is necessary for life long after that's no longer been the case.
- Retric 7y agoThe percentage of total people employed is fairly low in the US. Retirement, Education, Prison, Disability, etc all remove many people from the workforce.