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Even before AI, it was clear that developed societies will be weighted down with an underclass of welfare recipients who are unable or unwilling to develop skil

Even before AI, it was clear that developed societies will be weighted down with an underclass of welfare recipients who are unable or unwilling to develop skills necessary to meaningfully contribute. As society/technology/the world moves faster and becomes more complicated, more and more of them will be left behind. 1 in 5 Americans are already functionally illiterate, and about 20% of working age men are already out of the labor force. https://cis.org/Report/WorkingAge-Not-Working-1960-2025 https://cis.org/Report/WorkingAge-Not-Working-1960-2025

nerevarthelame 13d ago
CIS is an anti-immigration hate group founded by a eugenicist and white supremacist. They're widely condemned for publishing factually incorrect and methodologically flawed reports by organizations across all of the political spectrum, save the furthest right extremists. That is not a legitimate source of information on immigration or welfare.
- alex43578 13d ago
  BLS: https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm Minneapolis Fed: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2022/whos-not-working-in-the-us-learn-the-basics https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2022/whos-not-working... Bipartisan Policy Center: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/why-are-prime-age-adults-opting-out-of-work/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/why-are-prime-age-adult... Do you have any numbers you'd like to provide to counter the claim that a significant portion of the population of working age individuals aren't already out of the labor force?
  - nerevarthelame 13d ago
    While I may have responded to your comment, I'm not debating you. My intention was to let other readers know that the sentiments you're expressing are little more than gutter eugenics hiding behind a flimsy facade of academic language and charts.
    - alex43578 12d ago
      Are you extending the same claim to the BLS, Fed, and Bipartisan policy center, or is this just unsupported whining?

nerevarthelame 13d ago

CIS is an anti-immigration hate group founded by a eugenicist and white supremacist. They're widely condemned for publishing factually incorrect and methodologically flawed reports by organizations across all of the political spectrum, save the furthest right extremists. That is not a legitimate source of information on immigration or welfare.

alex43578 13d ago
BLS: https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm Minneapolis Fed: https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2022/whos-not-working-in-the-us-learn-the-basics https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2022/whos-not-working... Bipartisan Policy Center: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/why-are-prime-age-adults-opting-out-of-work/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/why-are-prime-age-adult... Do you have any numbers you'd like to provide to counter the claim that a significant portion of the population of working age individuals aren't already out of the labor force?
- nerevarthelame 13d ago
  While I may have responded to your comment, I'm not debating you. My intention was to let other readers know that the sentiments you're expressing are little more than gutter eugenics hiding behind a flimsy facade of academic language and charts.
  - alex43578 12d ago
    Are you extending the same claim to the BLS, Fed, and Bipartisan policy center, or is this just unsupported whining?