Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be...
by BurningFrog on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:03PM
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> They do exist in a limited supply. When a factory closes down and outsources all the jobs in a town, your job goes away.
I should have said "fixed number".
The US population is now twice as big as 1955. If the number of jobs had stayed fixed since then, unemployment would now be at least 50%.
This is clearly not true, which disproves the "fixed number of jobs" theory.
Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be...
by sumedh on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:31AM
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> This is clearly not true, which disproves the "fixed number of jobs" theory.
Not sure why you are disproving your own theory.
Perhaps you just missed the point I am trying to make.
They do exist in a limited supply. When a factory closes down and outsources all the jobs in a town, your job goes away.
When a robot starts doing your job, you are not needed anymore for that job. People in ivory towers expect that you should easily retrain and find new jobs that does not happen for the average joe.
When an immigrant is willing to do your job for less money or less safety, you dont get that job unless you are willing to compromise.
Now with all this you are going to have older people not retire then you are reducing the job pool for younger folks.
> Jobs work the same way.
In reality smart politicians can tap into the fear and frustration of average folks when good paying jobs run out and they promise they will bring back jobs, so voters vote for them.