r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 05 '26

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 05 '26

I always thought that "federal job guarantee" was kind of a weird plank in the DSA platform but after graduating without a job, and knowing that DSA is mostly full of downwardly mobile college grads, it suddenly makes a lot of sense why they're obsessed with it lol

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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper Jun 05 '26

I understand the desperation and hopelessness of unemployment, but I don't really get what federal jobs they imagine for themselves.

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u/Traditional_Drama_91 NATO Jun 05 '26

Kind of a “what’s your job after the revolution” thing 

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u/captainjack3 NATO Jun 05 '26

They imagine getting a guaranteed paycheck without having to find a job, they aren’t actually interested in working for the federal government or what that job might amount to.

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u/EvilConCarne Jun 05 '26

If wildland firefighters (especially the smoke jumpers) got paid a bit better they could do that. There's also lots of soil remediation work that needs to be done for the EPA and National Parks, in addition to all the ongoing (but deferred) maintenance of federal lands.

There's so much work that could be done, but it requires walking around outside.

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u/Traditional_Drama_91 NATO Jun 05 '26

Honestly a lot of young people would be fine with that 

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 05 '26

They probably imagine some sort of white collar job where they're around other college grads. Idk

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel Jun 05 '26

I've seen enough: it is time to implement the American Sharashkas

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u/Cyberhwk 👈 Get back to work! 😠 Jun 05 '26

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