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> This is parenting vs schooling, ignoring the fact that many schools are really glorifed babysitting services. While this may exaggerate the case, it will con
by spanktheuser 6y ago
> This is parenting vs schooling, ignoring the fact that many schools are really glorifed babysitting services.
While this may exaggerate the case, it will continue to largely be true so long as we relegate huge portions of our population to 2-3 jobs while the VC system sustained in part by Ycombinator rewards capital formation to a degree that is damaging to society.
- luckylion 6y agoThe previous two comments mentioned Europe, where "multiple fulltime jobs" is essentially unheard of.
- tauchunfall 6y agoNot multiple fulltime jobs, but in Germany there are 3.5 million people with multiple jobs (350,000 with jobs subject to social insurance contributions "sozialversicherungspflichtig"; 250,000 with "mini-jobs"). More than 50% in a poll give financial issues as the critical factor why they have multiple jobs.
- k1t 6y agoI think multiple "fulltime jobs" is extremely rare. Usually when people say they are working 2-3 jobs I believe they mean they get a couple of shifts a week from a couple of different employers. E.g. 16 hours a week at a coffee shop, 12 hours a week at a restaurant and 2 nights a week as a cleaner.
- luckylion 6y agoThat would sum up to one full-time job, more or less? I understood the comment to be angry about some large injustice, I'm not sure whether they were meaning to essentially say "some people have to work for a living, it's outrageous". With (Western) Europe's extremely strong social systems, the number of people who are forced to work multiple jobs because they wouldn't be able to eat otherwise is minuscule, I believe.