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People resort to stealing when they have unsatisfied ambition. When they want more than they have, and don't see a legal way to get it. If every job available t
by john_moscow 5y ago
People resort to stealing when they have unsatisfied ambition. When they want more than they have, and don't see a legal way to get it. If every job available to you is minimum wage where you don't make any noticeable difference, you resort to making that difference elsewhere.
UBI won't solve this problem. It will skyrocket the rent/food prices due to supply/demand mechanics and further entrench stockholders/real estate owners vs. the salary/rent class. And even if you somehow solve that (somehow get free food/housing for everyone), you will still end up with plenty of depressed people with plenty of free time and a strong belief that someone else is hiding a patch of greener grass under their carpet.
On the other hand, if you modify the tax rules to make corporations and large chains less viable than small businesses (i.e. forcing most of the population to work for themselves and trade with their peers, rather than following the corporate manual), people will suddenly start respecting each other more and will pressure the victim mentality folks to sober up and join the ranks.
But that's not going to happen, because all 3 branches of power + the media are controlled by the shareholder class, that will swiftly redirect any dangerous leanings to the direction bringing them further profit (remember how BLM conveniently diverted the "protestor type" from Occupy Wall Street?). So don't be surprised if having a mailing address will soon count as a privilege and your workplace will offer mandatory trainings asking you to denounce it in the name of all good against all evil.
- josephcsible 5y ago> If every job available to you is minimum wage Which isn't the case for anyone in this labor shortage. There's plenty of employers willing to pay more than double that who still can't find unskilled workers.
- john_moscow 5y agoIt's trickier then just the paycheck. People have an inherent need of seeing their actions slowly making a progress to some global goal. Saving for retirement could be one. Paying off your mortgage, or growing your business, or raising your kids, or even having a meaningful career (that gives you more control over the company's decisions) could be another one. If everyone is replaceable and the salary only covers recurring expenses, people go nuts and start looking elsewhere. A lot of the visible homeless lifestyle is a (petty) power to inconvenience others. A lot of the theft is about the power over someone else to get what was intended for them. Opening your own bakery and turning people into recurring customers through clever recipes scratches the same itch, but makes the society a much more pleasant place to live. Except, given the interest rates, centralized suppliers and property prices, good fucking luck with that.
- moralestapia 5y agoOh, really? I know plenty of people with amazing credentials who are being let go like nothing. That's empirical and n=1, but that's what I see from where I'm at.
- josephcsible 5y agoI believe that you know people who are being let go. I don't believe that those people can't find any new jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
- Hokusai 5y ago> The sad part of this situation is the initial people that broke into the containers on the trains are long gone with their loot, now the marginalized people are getting caught digging through the discarded items that were not valuable enough for ones that broke in and most likely they will be the ones prosecuted for political gains even if they get out on no cash bail. I did not realize that. It makes it even more of a sad situation.