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If everybody got to do what their freewill told them to do, pretty soon we'd have lots of artists but no plumbers. Or butchers, or morticians, or laborers. It
by RickJWagner 7y ago
If everybody got to do what their freewill told them to do, pretty soon we'd have lots of artists but no plumbers. Or butchers, or morticians, or laborers.
It's so much better being artistic.
I fear it wouldn't end well.
- zozbot234 7y ago> but no plumbers. Or butchers, or morticians, or laborers The market takes care of that problem quite nicely. Lines of work which are less comfortable or appealing should pay more in the first place.
- trianglem 7y agoNot really, it would make no sense to acquire advanced skills if menial unskilled labor that no one wants to do pays more.
- zozbot234 7y agoThe kind of menial unskilled labor that we're discussing here is far less appealing than any work involving advanced skills - that's what the higher pay would be compensating for. It all works out.
- croon 7y agoThink further a few more steps. There will be an equilibrium around a pay where there is a long enough line for unskilled labor to fill all demand. Assuming an Econ 101 efficient transparent market.
- littlestymaar 7y ago> Assuming an Econ 101 efficient transparent market. Which is basically “assuming a flat earth and atmosphere approximate to vacuum”. You can't get many useful insights from that.
- Arbalest 7y agoNot everyone is or wants to be an artist. As my sibling comment states, the market takes care of this just fine. There won't be a sudden transfer to people not caring about money or social status. Plenty of people will still go for jobs where the income is better. The kinds of people who do trades are the kind of people who want to build a holiday house on the side, far away from the city. Art isn't the pinnacle of life for everyone.