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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoAnd a lot of the jobs that are truly awful and nobody wants to do … are bullshit jobs that don’t actually need to be done in the first place.
minus-squareDerpenheim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days ago“no one wants to flip burgers for 7.25!” No shit buddy, maybe your business shouldn’t exist anymore
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoWe could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
minus-squareCelediel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoIn a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoTrue, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoSo you see the problem.
And a lot of the jobs that are truly awful and nobody wants to do … are bullshit jobs that don’t actually need to be done in the first place.
“no one wants to flip burgers for 7.25!” No shit buddy, maybe your business shouldn’t exist anymore
We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
In a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
True, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
So you see the problem.