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I didn't realize it was my responsibility to find these people employment. I especially didn't realize I needed to keep paying for a car, consuming gasoline and
by taylodl 4y ago
I didn't realize it was my responsibility to find these people employment. I especially didn't realize I needed to keep paying for a car, consuming gasoline and destroying Earth's biosphere, contributing to smog, and wasting my time so that these people will stay employed. Maybe, just maybe, our system needs a top-down reevaluation and maybe we can find other ways to house, clothe, and feed people who don't have jobs. Or maybe we realize there's other, more important work, for these folks to be doing.
- carlivar 4y agoWho's going to conduct the top-down reevaluation?
- kbelder 4y agoThe top-down reevaluation will inevitably happen from the bottom-up.
- pwinnski 4y agoI don't think it's your responsibility, but the proposed and in-process change is going to continue to be very disruptive, nonetheless. One way to think about offices is that they are appealing for much the same reason that people demonstrably prefer to live in urban areas instead of rural areas. Over time, people flock to cities because of the efficiencies of having many people in a concentrated area. In many ways, the same thing is true with office jobs. People living in suburbs or exurbs shouldn't expect to have a dozen eateries within a few blocks of their home, but it's quite common to have those options at work. The economics works because there are many more people per square mile or meter at the office than at home. Personally, I keep groceries in my house, and almost never go out for lunch, but most people eat lunches out, and offices make that easier.