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It's a special case of, there's too many people and not enough work (the real problem IMO).
by yudlejoza 6y ago
It's a special case of, there's too many people and not enough work (the real problem IMO).
- robotresearcher 6y agoThe years before covid, unemployment was at historic lows.
- yudlejoza 6y agoSorry I don't speak to U3 clowns.
- mhh__ 6y agoThe way unemployment is measured both practically and in the abstract (a PhD working as a cleaner is still employed) too subtle for a blanket dismissal like that.
- robotresearcher 6y agoNo doubt it is complicated. Yet I was replying to a claim that there is not enough work, presented with no evidence or argument, that contradicts the most basic employment statistic. I think the burden is on the original claim.
- Xenograph 6y agoNot really - I think you missed the point of the original claim, it wasn't meant to be interpreted literally. In this case, "not enough work" does not translate to "not enough jobs". It translates to tons of useless jobs that employ people to count beans and create powerpoint presentations. Perhaps the original claim would've been better phrased as "not enough real/useful/impactful work".
- jjk166 6y agoWhich supports the hypothesis that many people who don't need to be working nevertheless are.
- icedchai 6y agoWell, they're pretending to. If you're going to be doing nothing all day, you might as well get paid for it. Especially if you're "working" from home.
- titanomachy 6y agoNot everyone who has a job is doing all that much work. Even within a particular company you can have too many people and not enough work. Of course, one could always create their own work by looking for opportunities to create value for their employer, but IMO it's rarely incentivized.
- Xenograph 6y agoPeople being employed doesn't imply that they aren't working jobs which needn't exist.