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My problem with remote work is that it exacerbates a divide between blue and white collar workers that breeds further resentment, which has already led to all s
by voisin 5y ago
My problem with remote work is that it exacerbates a divide between blue and white collar workers that breeds further resentment, which has already led to all sorts of social ills. I’m not sure the individual benefits outweigh the collective rage.
- munificent 5y agoI agree 100% that the growing divide between winners in the information economy and losers is a major source of societal ills. We should address it by making the lives of blue collar workers better (higher minimum wage, universal healthcare, high density housing), not by making the lives of white collar workers worse.
- chii 5y agoit's easy and cost free to make white-collar workers' life worse, where as it costs a lot of capital and money to increase the minimum wage, etc, for the blue-collar workers. The people who would have to make the sacrifice are the capital holders and high tax payers - they certainly don't want to do this (in aggregate of course - even if some individuals would choose such a sacrifice).
- sumedh 5y ago> which has already led to all sorts of social ills. Isnt that the govt's problem to tackle not a private corp?
- blinded 5y agoyes pull the performers down a level that will help, not.
- voisin 5y agoIf anything, the pandemic has highlighted our dependence on blue collar workers, even if you snidely leave them out of the definition of “performers”.