• Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Yes. People who do jobs that take minimal training and who could be replaced in a week are doing grunt work. That’s the difference between skilled and unskilled. Do you need to go through years of training to do your job? Congratulations, you’re not as replaceable as the guy who was trained in 2 days by a high school dropout.

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      7 months ago

      Cool. So if everyone Learns To Code because that’s the only way to deserve an actual living, who does the essential but unskilled jobs then? Oh I get it, you’re advocating for labour immigration. Cool.

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        7 months ago

        Supply and demand. The supply reduced so wages went up but only as much as demand required. If you want more money be more valuable.

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          Well, we could skip the labor shortage until wages increase by increasing wages right away.

          We simply don’t have a perfect market, which would be required for supply and demand to regulate without hiccups.

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          So you want labour shortages (and/or strikes because that’s the other way to effect a supply shortage) for a while to hurt the economy before The Market finds a way to pay the people it wants to consume their way to infinite growth

          What a weirdly planned economy

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        7 months ago

        It’s shrodingers labor! All arguments exist until you need one and then the argument becomes what you need most in that moment!