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My theory is that this is all true, and it’s fantastic. Generally, over the last century, in year X, nobody wants to work anymore compared to year Y (Y < X). T
by skrebbel 3y ago
My theory is that this is all true, and it’s fantastic. Generally, over the last century, in year X, nobody wants to work anymore compared to year Y (Y < X).
This is a success of social democracy and it is a success of technology. We can afford to have people work less hard and still be richer than we ever were. It’s the success story of western progress and the rest of the world is going through the same steps as we speak. That a few old-fashioned managers are surprised they can’t get people at the same bad terms as before is just a symptom of a very positive development.
- BirAdam 3y agoInteresting opinion. I’ll need to think on that for a bit. Thanks for offering it.
- ChoHag 3y agoCorrection: It's the success story of western progress at the expense of the rest of the world, which must find its own way because we've ripped up the steps.
- grecy 3y agoFWIW, we haven't just ripped up the steps, we're actively standing at the top pointing a gun down. Do you know why Switzerland exports the 2nd most processed coffee of any country in the world [1] while Ethiopia (where coffee was "invented" remains extremely poor, only exporting raw beans? Because the IMF and World Bank would send them back to the dark ages if they attempted to do anything different. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096413/main-export-countries-for-coffee-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096413/main-export-coun...
- virtuous_sloth 3y agoLook at @paulsci's post history including on X-Twitter. He's done dozens of these tours through the newspapers on many similar subjects.
- sneed-oil 3y agoIt might also be due to demographics in Western countries. If the ratio of workers to total population decreases while the demand for work remains the same, there will be less competition for jobs and workers will be able to demand higher pay. It also depends on how many can be replaced by machines.