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Re:The rise of the pointless job by lallysingh on Friday May 04, 2018 @09:46PM (#16999837)
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.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by tom_mellior on Saturday May 05, 2018 @07:27AM (#17001354)
> 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.

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