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The world is all about incentives. If the incentives of company loyalty, a better future, and better economic status are removed for workers, what is the point?
by ramijames 3y ago
The world is all about incentives. If the incentives of company loyalty, a better future, and better economic status are removed for workers, what is the point? I just see rampant greed that is eating everything of any worth. It makes me not want to participate at all.
- EchoChamberMan 3y agoThe good thing is those incentives can be restored rather easily, the money is there. Events like the auto union profit share recently, and the EU trying to fight against Apple's dominance are good signs. Sustainable growth is possible, but we need to accept the limitations of reality and fight against concepts like infinite growth.
- ramijames 3y agoI don't really know how you are defining "easy" here. Substantially altering cultural trends is usually a fundamentally difficult thing.
- EchoChamberMan 3y agoTrue enough, but I do think the right person in the right place at the right time can make a large difference. I also think "Many hands make light work," maybe that is a better strategy.
- deathanatos 3y ago> It makes me not want to participate at all. That's not a choice? Rent must be paid, bread must be put on the table, the future must be planned for, and that means having an idea of where the money will be when I can no longer work. (If you're where you can make such a choice, great. Most of us are nowhere near it.)
- ramijames 3y agoUnfortunately, I do not really have a choice.
- deathanatos 3y agoAh, sorry, I didn't realize you were the author when I responded to you! I think I'm misreading your comment a bit. I agree, it does make one want to not participate. 'Twere it only so simple…
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