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" released back into the labor pool " is a wonderfully sweet way of saying fired.
by user24 13y ago
" released back into the labor pool " is a wonderfully sweet way of saying fired.
- stephengillie 13y agoThanks. I studied a lot of economics in college, and putting things in terms of bigger pictures this way keeps my perspectives in line.
- user24 13y agoSo you see mass layoffs as a good thing generally speaking then?
- stephengillie 13y agoI see them as a "thing". Things merely are. I don't want to prejudge them with loaded terms such as as "bad" or "good". Sometimes events which would appear to benefit an individual are harmful to that individual or other individuals, and sometimes events which seem harmful are beneficial. Yes, it's unfortunate that those individuals will have to expend more effort to prove their value to other people, but this is something which we all must do.
- user24 13y agoI mean it quite literally when I say that I think your viewpoint is inhuman. You're suggesting that phenomena have no intrinsic right and wrong? From the perspective of the universe-at-large you are quite correct. But not from the human perspective. Sure it's important to see the big picture. But it's also important to give a shit about the little picture.