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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by Aurornis on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:48PM (#36934601)
> How well people are off is a function of how many resources there are to go around. Since the end of WWII, these resources only ever increased.

This is a very US-centric view.

Demand for resources across the world has increased dramatically as everyone’s living standard increased.

The situation isn’t going to make sense if you continue to ignore the rest of the world and try to understand the United States as if we lived in a perfectly isolated bubble.

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by usrbinbash on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:03PM (#36934746)
> Demand for resources across the world has increased dramatically as everyone’s living standard increased.

As has productivity.

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by bayindirh on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:18AM (#36939060)
Increasing productivity brought is more complex goods, and they take longer to build. Hence, the throughput didn’t increase as much.

Also some industries can barely keep up. We have seen this during the pandemic. “Chip crisis” is a great example.

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