The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars

Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 05, 2019 @02:47PM (#21167198)

We have a responsibility as a society to ensure that a framework exists (social safety nets, effective public policy) to allow someone to work towards finding purpose without starving or going homeless. If someone wants to cheat and call that a job guarantee, I’m fine with that. And in the long run, it’s cheaper than the alternative. It’s not just the moral thing to do, it’s compassionate and economically efficient.

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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by mjevans on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:42PM (#21168993)

I agree with everything except it being cheating.

That's the government providing baseline competition (and non broken-window public works) to serve as something for private entities to beat.

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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:36PM (#21169251)

I meant cheating in the sense of what you call it (which isn’t important).

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