Under communism I would love to see mobile lifestyles become more popular, especially since it means communities could share workers with specialized talents.
I think there's plenty of value in low cost mobility. But I don't think migrant labor is really a good thing, from a socialist planning sense.
You want people who are invested in the long term health and well-being of a community. You don't want Boom-Bust business cycles driven by hyper-exploitative economic activity (slash-and-burn farming, overfishing, strip mining, etc) that leave ghost towns in their wake.
There should be real material benefits guaranteed to individuals, families, and organizations rooted in a given location and adding year-over-year value.
Without some degree of long term incentive, you invite free-riders and fair weather friends who abandon your enclave the moment the global economy/local ecology turn.
Don't worry, people like aspects of that lifestyle but apparently, it generally sucks. Most of the time it's just a very shitty apartment with no plumbing. Cool to go anywhere, but a 70 square foot home sucks everywhere.
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I had like 7 coworkers at one point all living out of 3 vans
Interesting way to say you're a touring musician :p
Or very sad and alarming if you aren't.
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I think there's plenty of value in low cost mobility. But I don't think migrant labor is really a good thing, from a socialist planning sense.
You want people who are invested in the long term health and well-being of a community. You don't want Boom-Bust business cycles driven by hyper-exploitative economic activity (slash-and-burn farming, overfishing, strip mining, etc) that leave ghost towns in their wake.
There should be real material benefits guaranteed to individuals, families, and organizations rooted in a given location and adding year-over-year value.
Without some degree of long term incentive, you invite free-riders and fair weather friends who abandon your enclave the moment the global economy/local ecology turn.
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Oh, sure. Bringing veterans of an industry into an underdeveloped community adds tons of value.
But only if they leave apprentices and journeymen in their wake.
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Any job that requires a large amount of training but is in low demand in any given area would need to be travelling to be efficient.
Or just work remotely
Uhh lots of important and highly specialized jobs literally cannot be done "remotely".
I'm trying to use my Meta Hands™ to fit these pipes, but they're too far away from the Meta Portal™ and Meta Legs™ haven't been invented yet.
Don't worry, people like aspects of that lifestyle but apparently, it generally sucks. Most of the time it's just a very shitty apartment with no plumbing. Cool to go anywhere, but a 70 square foot home sucks everywhere.
The van and car dwellers might become the barbarian hordes raiding Wallstreet and Langley, one can dream.
It's all about your level of precarity.
You can measure it by counting the number of stress rings under a person's eyes.