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Nifty3929 | 2 days ago

Are you glad to have people spending their lives on jobs that don't contribute to society, just because the business is already profitable? Wouldn't it be better to have those people move into whatever job would contribute more to society? Have you considered that allowing people to remain in jobs that contribute less than they could in other jobs is the reason why your per-capita production lags the US?

The goal of the economy should be to move people quickly to where they can do the most good for society. Note that this has little to do with how hard these folks are working, how smart they are, or how 'worthy' they are. The point is just to have people doing the most useful work.

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kace91|2 days ago

I am amazed to learn from you that usefulness and profit generation are interchangeable terms.

I’m guessing that by that logic, narcos and casino owners should be celebrated, and running a charity should be a crime.

throwaway-11-1|2 days ago

Great point, thanks god we’re eliminating the majority of the creative arts industry with dogshit ai slop so people with actual talent can be redeployed to DoorDash or whatever (I guess until driverless cars can take that over?)