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Additionally, you can say what you want about chattel slavery but it rendered a very strong employment rate.

• Loughla 3y ago
  You're being a bit extreme, but I would like to hear the argument of why unemployment being low is automatically a positive. I think it's more nuanced in the types of employment and pay. But I'm also sure I don't even know where to go to get that data.
  • 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
    That is the point. Having a job does not mean making a living or having any dignity.
  • marcosdumay 3y ago
    Well, people are in a much better negotiation position when their next option is some minimum wage undesirable work, instead of no work at all and being unable to survive.
  • jdminhbg 3y ago
    “Unemployment” is people who are trying to find work divided by themselves + people working. If everyone is living a life of leisure, it will still be low.
    • temende 3y ago
      > If everyone is living a life of leisure Isn't that the sign of a good economy then?
      • jdminhbg 3y ago
        Yes, unemployment is a good statistic in that case because it only measures those who are trying and failing to find a job, not those who don’t want or need one.