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We could employ 100k people to dig holes and then fill them back in; should we? We shouldn't employ people in economically un-viable ways just because they nee

• ImPostingOnHN 1y ago
  > We could employ 100k people to dig holes and then fill them back in; should we? If that is what's necessary to provide a social safety net, then maybe so. See the works progress administration for an example of this. > We can just give them money directly, or redirect them to other work Ideally yes, but that isn't happening, hence the first option. We may be straying here, though: this discussion didn't start out with someone saying what someone else should or shouldn't do. We were discussing the ethical and economic consequences of an idea.
• Moomoomoo309 1y ago
  "My father worked two jobs to have money to throw in the money pit!" - The Onion I wonder if we were in a post-scarcity world, what we'd think of stuff like this.