What if jobs are not the solution but the problem?

Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by a3n on Friday November 25, 2016 @04:24PM (#13039951)

> The big question is will the majority be able to maintain enough power to obtain income for those who aren't working, or will we see some kind of serious class warfare/starving populations?

In the United States it will be the class warfare/starving thing. You don't deserve anything here unless you pay for it. Many people believe that taking unemployment compensation is shameful.

I think a lot of us will be fed in prisons.

EDIT: In some places you have to pay to not be vertical. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/18/defensive-ar...

> Sculptor Fabian Brunsing brought a satirical eye to the issue by creating the “pay bench”, an art installation of a park bench that retracts its metal spikes for a limited time when the prospective sitter feeds it a coin. Chinese officials, completely missing the joke, thought that this was a great idea and installed similar benches in Yantai Park of the Shangdong province.

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Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by hkmurakami on Friday November 25, 2016 @04:33PM (#13040009)

>You don't deserve anything here unless you pay for it.

So true. Even things like safety, cleanliness, education quality, etc. are things we must pay for here, in stark contrast to other countries in the world.

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Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by greedo on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:32PM (#13046315)

Someone is paying for it...

TANSTAAFL

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Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by nico_h on Friday November 25, 2016 @07:29PM (#13040954)

You mean made to work for insulting wages and subsistence in prison sweatshops. Prison population is a captive source of cheap labor, easily abused and exploited.

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Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by a3n on Friday November 25, 2016 @08:55PM (#13041266)

And they don't go home at night.

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Re:What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? by sqldba on Friday November 25, 2016 @09:37PM (#13041382)

I thought prison food isn't free. Over in America the inmates have to either pay for it or work to pay for it.

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