Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a car

Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:22AM (#30086557)

I wrote education, not credentials. That includes learning how to farm, be an electrician, a crane operator, a researcher, learning how to cook, it could be anything.

It is obvious that a society with widespread use of personal drivers/housekeepers/nannies is simply one with a wider income/wealth gap.

One option is to spend multiple generations slowing bringing the housekeepers kids up the ladder with the housekeeper’s meager savings, and then their kids, and so on. Or we can cut the crap, and redistribute wealth more quickly and directly via a public education/training system.

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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by pessimizer on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:30AM (#30086671)

Ditches still have to be dug.

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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:32AM (#30086689)

What I wrote does not preclude ditches being dug, or being a ditch digger. What it does is prevent ditch digging from being one of the few options for many people which result in ditch digging labor prices to be very low.

You give people opportunities to do many more things than menial labor, then that allows the price for menial labor to rise so that it is not done by the “lower” socioeconomic rungs.

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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by FooBarBizBazz on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:04AM (#30087154)

This is a good argument, IMO. The main dangers I see are of status-signaling "non-skills" dominating education, and of overall malinvestment in skills that aren't needed.

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