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It's depressing that people think 25% of the workforce can be out of work for an indeterminate period of time without massive, potentially society-ending effect
by leesalminen 6y ago
It's depressing that people think 25% of the workforce can be out of work for an indeterminate period of time without massive, potentially society-ending effects.
- carapace 6y agoNo one thinks that.
- mdemare 6y agoI think that. Specifically, I think that first world societies can afford to give 25% of the workforce a paid sabbatical without ceasing to exist. And I find it depressing that there are people who think this is a shock that rich societies cannot absorb. Sure, it'll be painful. Taxes will have to go up afterwards, the retirement age might have to rise. But it's possible.
- bigbob2 6y agoI can only assume you mean without drastic changes to our current economic system, because otherwise in this modern age of automation that seems entirely possible.
- bsder 6y ago> massive, potentially society-ending effects. "Society" ending or "Socialism only for the rich" ending?