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I am longing for our new gilded age where we get our first trillionaire and a return of bread lines.
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I am longing for our new gilded age where we get our first trillionaire and a return of bread lines.Yes, workers'pay should stay flat while their productivity rises. MAGA!
It's pretty silly to think that an extra day off of work equates to idleness.
Or throw the superflous people onto the street as dead weight.Difficult to say, whether it will work in Poland. They will test it and then they will evaluate the results.
But with the AI and automation in basically all working positions, it is logical the way we work should change and grant us more free time.
Where they had best die quietly and in short order to reduce the surplus population. Murica!Or throw the superflous people onto the street as dead weight.
The good news is that those pesky illegal Mexicans won't have jobs here either. At least, that's the deal we're being offered.Where they had best die quietly and in short order to reduce the surplus population. Murica!
You might want to read 'Beyond This Horizon' by Robert Heinlein. It is easy to skim over the part that makes it clear one can exist quite nicely on just the Government dividend. (It seems that perhaps a major consideration is keeping it low enough that there is some incentive to work).I agree, as far as one day goes. Idleness, resulting from a futuristic society, where hardly anyone works due to technological advancement, is kind of a "fantasy" at this point.
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You might want to read 'Beyond This Horizon' by Robert Heinlein. It is easy to skim over the part that makes it clear one can exist quite nicely on just the Government dividend. (It seems that perhaps a major consideration is keeping it low enough that there is some incentive to work).
It also brings into focus one little problem. Solving the issues of economic shortages does very little to satisfy those who want power for power's sake.
<thatsthejoke.gif>Actually, that is all but a quote of something Ebeneezer Scrooge says.
That's just...bizarre. Have they not heard of the film?I saw this a few years ago in a store and it was genuinely unnerving. ;-)
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They already get payed more than we do, have more time off and better benefits. Now they are only have to work 6 hours??? That's bad, but it could get worse. I don't know how it will go in Poland, but there are some jobs that take more than 6 hours to get anything done and so the workers stay on for the original 8 hours and get two hours of overtime every day. Sounds like Poland may be in line for some good old American regime change.That kind of thing really only works for management personnel, limiting the number of days worked does make a difference for them. However, for regular workers, the extra day off wouldn't be the same day every week.
In North America, the employers would look at the data as a means to reduce hours, but not pay the same amount.
Why would I do that? From my perspective it’s foolish and the best response is proactive. Create additional income streams before you lose your job or things worsen and expand them. Why would you wait on the government to solve a problem you have the ability to offset earlier? You should be planning now not later. This is the lesson of fairytales, nursery rhymes and proverbs too. Planning and industry yields the best results.
~bella
You were afraid of systemic problems. And systemic problems need to be solved systematically. In democratic countries (like the USA), you need to hope that the democratic processes (like elections) will find a good solution.Why would I do that? From my perspective it’s foolish and the best response is proactive. Create additional income streams before you lose your job or things worsen and expand them. Why would you wait on the government to solve a problem you have the ability to offset earlier? You should be planning now not later. This is the lesson of fairytales, nursery rhymes and proverbs too. Planning and industry yields the best results.
~bella
Do whatever you feel you need to do.I don’t expect you to predict that and I’ve been following it for sometime and making adjustments. Nothing I’ve heard thus far is benevolent. Which isn’t a reason for panic but a motivation to double your efforts and put safeguards in place to cover you. But that‘s my bend and I’m not a fan of dependency. I’d rather have a surplus and financial freedom than live with constraints.
~bella
Not working in a specific paid job does not equal idleness, though. Americans are used to work and commute to work and back so much that they sometimes do not know what free time even means or what to do with it.I agree, as far as one day goes. Idleness, resulting from a futuristic society, where hardly anyone works due to technological advancement, is kind of a "fantasy" at this point.
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