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> IMO at most people who produce real value This is a terrible take. So you're saying restaurant workers in high end restaurants don't deserve income, neither
by Mikeb85 4y ago
> IMO at most people who produce real value
This is a terrible take. So you're saying restaurant workers in high end restaurants don't deserve income, neither do musicians, or any number of artists and artisans based on what YOU think is valuable to society.
The value isn't in what they produce, the value is in the fact that someone will pay them for it and the worker will then contribute to and participate in the economy and society.
- lmm 4y ago> This is a terrible take. So you're saying restaurant workers in high end restaurants don't deserve income, neither do musicians, or any number of artists and artisans based on what YOU think is valuable to society. Good service or entertainment definitely has real value. But yes, IMO if people are producing something whose value is fake (e.g. artificial scarcity) then they don't "deserve" income; if they can get someone to pay them for whatever they're doing then more power to them, but they shouldn't feel entitled to it.
- Mikeb85 4y ago> they can get someone to pay them for whatever they're doing then more power to them Which is exactly the situation > they shouldn't feel entitled to it. It's more that others shouldn't feel entitled to take away their profession for "reasons" when they very clearly are in demand...
- lmm 4y ago> It's more that others shouldn't feel entitled to take away their profession for "reasons" when they very clearly are in demand... Everyone is entitled to try to change fashion. If your profession is only in demand because of fashion rather than real value creation, you should make peace with the possibility that fashion will change, or find a different profession.