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>Only for fungible labor. Oh come now. All of us are fungible. None of us are irreplaceable (at least not to our employers.)
by lsc 12y ago
>Only for fungible labor.
Oh come now. All of us are fungible. None of us are irreplaceable (at least not to our employers.)
- bduerst 12y agoI don't think you fully understand what fungible means. Can a janitor do your job? No? Then your labor is not fungible. Can you do a janitor's job? Yes? Then that's fungible labor. Most blue collar labor is fungible - meaning that just about any person who is not incapacitated can do it.
- lsc 12y ago>Most blue collar labor is fungible - meaning that just about any person who is not incapacitated can do it. I think you underestimate the skill and training required for many blue-collar professions. I probably have apprentice-level skills as a plumber, an electrician and as a mechanic. I know enough to say with some authority that it would take years for me to get to journeyman level. I don't think the average person could be a really good programmer, and I don't think the average person could be a really good master mechanic, either.
- bduerst 12y agoI never said anything about the skilled trades, I said janitor. You're just splitting hairs now.
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