Work should create value and in fact most of these make work jobs destroy it by slowing things down or requiring more meetings etc.
There is always valuable work that can be done. It can be improving the maintenance or cleanliness of places, etc.
Re:The rise of the pointless job
by OtterCoder on Saturday May 05, 2018 @01:18AM
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Shout-out to the Civilian Conservation Corps. We should bring that program back.
We could bring back Workd War II and create even more jobs — assuming that’s what we are trying to do in an America with 3.9% unemployment.
Re:The rise of the pointless job
by lallysingh on Friday May 04, 2018 @09:46PM
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It leaves people lots of time to think of better jobs to get. They are also less likely to go to crime.
And they can quit. I mean, a job guarantee isn't directly a requirement in the same sense.
Re:The rise of the pointless job
by tom_mellior on Saturday May 05, 2018 @07:27AM
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> It leaves people lots of time to think of better jobs to get.
Thinking is a useful skill if and only if the job they aspire to is philosopher. For everything else (and for philosophers as well, really) you need training, and for that you need time.
> And they can quit.
Sure. Anyone can choose to starve.
> Not having a job puts you in a lower social caste
This is a stupid societal expectation that should be fought rather than supported in the way you say.