Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75K in court

Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by hallway_monitor on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:08AM (#33141920)

Better yet, shouldn't we just make everything free for everyone? Housing costs are outrageous. It would be great if houses were free. And food too. And cars and clothing. I guess the only problem is then everyone's wage would have to be $0 as well.

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by em-bee on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:39AM (#33142254)

i don't see why zero wages would be a problem in that case. it would be a money-less society like in star trek. whether that's realistic is another discussion.

but how about universal basic income instead?

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by Firmwarrior on Sunday October 09, 2022 @02:22PM (#33143864)

I've been thinking about this, and I don't know if a UBI like people envision will ever really be viable.

BUT as society gets more and more wealthy, I'll bet that living on the fringes of it will be more and more viable

We're already at a point where you can work minimum wage for an hour (take home ~$7) and buy a few days' worth of subsistence-quality food if you have access to a kitchen. You can pare down your other living expenses too, and suddenly you have a reasonably comfortable lifestyle that only costs a few hundred bucks a month.

Right now we stigmatize "van dwellers" and couch surfers, but maybe that'll change in the future

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by mjan22640 on Sunday October 09, 2022 @11:56AM (#33142406)

The automation is going to bring that relatively soon.

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by jacooper on Sunday October 09, 2022 @12:39PM (#33142791)

Yup Automation is going to push humans out of Capitalism to the point it where Capitalism ends it self.

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by astrange on Sunday October 09, 2022 @07:54PM (#33146443)

Automation doesn't change anything fundamental in the economy, and could only make things free if it was a perpetual motion machine.

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Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam... by jacooper on Sunday October 09, 2022 @12:37PM (#33142775)

I am not the best in keeping up with the Socialist movement.

But this video explains it well, people would still work, just not for a living.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9CFP_58mBc

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