I think we also need to come to grips with the idea that we as a society don't need everyone working. We don't need advertising, holding companies, marketing, 30 parallel brands for the same Chinese plastic & rubber, small time logistics companies, etc. each flush with janitors, IT teams, web devs, and other support staff. I don't need to know that this comrade over here has stared at an Excel sheet for 40 hours to believe they are worthy of food, healthcare, and housing. And if I cannot accept that, then the dysfunction isn't going to go away. In fact, it will get much worse when automation shoves it in our faces. Self-driving trucks stand to disrupt swathes of American jobs - as would more trans-continental railroads. Is this bad? Should automation be shunned for it's inheritance? In my eyes it's only a question of which class should the means of production serve.
Jobs programs that serve climate change, public housing, and public transport needn't come with the bullshit with typical job applications. At least some effort should be put towards considering how best to find qualified people for technical positions that's not just lying to each other with shitty job requirements and lying ass resumes.
Yep, most jobs are unnecessary in a FALGSC type state that could be implimented, public works would be a good route to take easing people into less need for traditional labour, get millions of people out planting trees again.
I think we also need to come to grips with the idea that we as a society don't need everyone working. We don't need advertising, holding companies, marketing, 30 parallel brands for the same Chinese plastic & rubber, small time logistics companies, etc. each flush with janitors, IT teams, web devs, and other support staff. I don't need to know that this comrade over here has stared at an Excel sheet for 40 hours to believe they are worthy of food, healthcare, and housing. And if I cannot accept that, then the dysfunction isn't going to go away. In fact, it will get much worse when automation shoves it in our faces. Self-driving trucks stand to disrupt swathes of American jobs - as would more trans-continental railroads. Is this bad? Should automation be shunned for it's inheritance? In my eyes it's only a question of which class should the means of production serve.
Jobs programs that serve climate change, public housing, and public transport needn't come with the bullshit with typical job applications. At least some effort should be put towards considering how best to find qualified people for technical positions that's not just lying to each other with shitty job requirements and lying ass resumes.
Yep, most jobs are unnecessary in a FALGSC type state that could be implimented, public works would be a good route to take easing people into less need for traditional labour, get millions of people out planting trees again.