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> accumulated excess workforce "If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
by Scroogeable 7y ago
> accumulated excess workforce
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
- fennecfoxen 7y agoBeing fired is not a death sentence.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoFor some people it is. It depends on their level in the food chain, and - if they're near the bottom - their willingness to take criminal risks.
- fennecfoxen 7y agoOccasionally, yes? It remains unhelpfully melodramatic to talk about layoffs as equivalent to murder. Our society has a variety of safety nets to prevent this from being the case. It might need more or better safety nets! You can make this case! Nevertheless, I would opine that it works better when this happens at the government level (paying someone unemployment insurance) rather than at the firm level, for a variety of reasons.