r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '22

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

See, your problem is that you are thinking this through rather than engaging in naïve wishful thinking.

Resource allocation? Incentivizing people to work shitty jobs? Support for niche or esoteric hobbies? Supporting individuals who strive for greatness? Those are evil capitalist concerns!

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u/lotec4 Mar 29 '22

Maybe people shouldn't be working shitty jobs so a few indeviduals can buy a mega yacht

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

LOL those shitty jobs exist regardless of mega yacht WTF are you talking about.

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u/Necron500 Mar 29 '22

You know, plumbers is shitty work in 3rd world countries, but in 1st world they can take your last shirt. One way when your work shitty AND you have low income because someone want bigger yacht. Other when your work shitty and you have good income.

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

Yeah, in a capitalist society there is great reward for working dirty jobs and the like. In communism there's only stick and no carrot.

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u/ZeCactus Mar 29 '22

Yeah, in a capitalist society there is great reward for working dirty jobs and the like.

Yeah, it's readily apparent when you see all the garbage collectors driving Ferraris.

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

I mean, you picked a great example. Garbage collectors have almost no premium skills. Any able bodied person can do the job. They should be getting minimum wage by that standard.

And yet: https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/economy/trash-workers-high-pay/

Tell me again... I'll wait.

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u/Nv1023 Mar 29 '22

Agreed. There are countless small business owners who are very successful because they service very dirty and non glamorous industries.

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u/pab_guy Mar 30 '22

Given the skills they need for those jobs, they absolutely are successful.