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Funny, that’s the same exact (bad) argument against the minimum wage…
by phmqk76 3y ago
Funny, that’s the same exact (bad) argument against the minimum wage…
- monero-xmr 3y agoHopefully the way I phrased it puts a point on why job losses are bad. There are no “bad” jobs - just labor that needs to be done, with a commiserate price. If the labor is too difficult to find at a price, the price goes up. You can’t artificially increase the price without losing jobs.
- hotpotamus 3y ago> There are no “bad” jobs What about fentanyl dealer? Hitman? Psychologist for a social media or tobacco company? Telemarketer?
- monero-xmr 3y agoI’m not suggesting we don’t outlaw illegal activities. I’m saying for legal enterprises, stuff needs to get done. Bad jobs are in the eye of the beholder. A lot of people love delivering for door dash vs. working retail.
- hotpotamus 3y agoHow many delivery drivers are you friends with? Ever bought them a tank of gas or a tire because they can't afford it? I have; they might prefer it to the soul-suck of retail, but that doesn't make it anything like a good job.
- monero-xmr 3y agoEveryone has complaints. I’d rather be working retail than in the fields 500 years ago, the mill 200 years ago, or as a manual human calculator 100 years ago. Or maybe some would disagree! Labor needs to be done. There is no utopia - in a socialist economy there are very few who get to hold the clipboards, everyone else works the fields or the factories.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhich jobs have you worked?
- elevatedastalt 3y agohe is talking of economically bad jobs not morally bad jobs
- hotpotamus 3y agoAnd those are economically good jobs?
- elevatedastalt 3y agoI am not making a judgment on that, I was just pointing out that your counter-examples weren't really relevant to the point OP was making.