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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by CinchWrench on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:07PM (#21167310)
>I do think that we as a society have a responsibility for baseline care of everyone.

If you give people a floor like that, you have to keep them doped up enough to be content with it. Or engineer a more complacent human.

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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by travisjungroth on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:21PM (#21167387)
That’s like the opposite point of a baseline of care. You don’t give everyone enough to be content by default, but enough to get by and have a chance at earning more.
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