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> Bullshit jobs don’t exist in the free market, as no capitalist would pay for someone to do something useless And yet if you spend any time in any large corpo
by mochomocha 3y ago
> Bullshit jobs don’t exist in the free market, as no capitalist would pay for someone to do something useless
And yet if you spend any time in any large corporation, you'll find countless examples of these, including in the tech industry. Don't you have any friend working for Google/Meta/${big tech co}?
Bullshit jobs can and definitely exist with capitalism: any successful and large business is filled with them.
- monero-xmr 3y agoThey may exist for a while but when push comes to shove, they will be eliminated. The government is the one with the real problem - there are bureaucrats who gladly do nothing all day every day, or even actively harm industry, and they can never be fired and exist as barnacles.
- mochomocha 3y ago> They may exist for a while I don't think we should be interested in the "asymptotic theoretical limit" of capitalism which is never reached. Let's discuss "capitalism in practice", not "capitalism in theory". If things self-correct in a time frame longer than your own lifespan, do you think it's an ideal scenario? I personally don't. I don't see the government forcing Google to pay thousands of highly qualified workers to fill in BS jobs. This is a natural consequence of being a very successful business: complacency, empire building, etc all decorellated from economic incentives. People spend decades with BS jobs in a very capitalist society. Note that I've never argued that a socialist alternative is any better or that the government isn't filled with BS jobs either. I just observe that the problem manifests itself regardless.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago> If things self-correct in a time frame longer than your own lifespan, do you think it's an ideal scenario? If there is not a better option, then yes.