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Re:1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of... by jlarocco on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:38AM (#28573742)
> We are even facing a population crises where we don't have enough people to work the jobs that are open now, much less the number of jobs in the next ten years.

I'm not sure that's really a "population crisis", though, because it can be turned around to "we can't afford to pay people enough to do all of the jobs we want done."

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Re:1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of... by zimpenfish on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:43AM (#28574665)
> "we can't afford to pay people enough to do all of the jobs we want done."

Probably more accurate to say "we can afford to pay people enough to do all the jobs we want done -but- it would require a more equitable distribution of wealth and that's not going to happen any time soon"

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Re:1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of... by bserge on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:08AM (#28573838)
Both of those can be solved in a month with unlimited migration.

But then you get the "standards of living in this city have gone to shit" problem :D

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