alt Hacker NewsSo you would rather promote preventable toil under the theory that there are enough otherwise unemployables that they would literally die otherwise? That there is literally no other useful task that may be performed? I mean we have crumbling infrastructure but strong backs are apparently utterly useless for doing work there....
The rationale sounds a lot more like thought terminating clichés and an emotional rationalization for not wanting to see the world change on you, than any depiction of reality.
> So you would rather promote preventable toil under the theory that there are enough otherwise unemployables that they would literally die otherwise? That there is literally no other useful task that may be performed?
That is absolutely not what i was trying to say.
If you watch any episode of Question Time here in the uk you'll be basically guaranteed to get someone asking about job opportunities. about lost jobs. about the fact that they're struggling to provide for their family because they need a job.
that's what people care about outside of people who have too much money already circles. providing for their family. i care about those people. they want work. they want jobs. they don't want disruption and change and progress. they want stability and to provide for their family.
so, again, why do we need to always optimize for efficiency / the bottom line? why can't we first give a shit about the people who want provide for the family.
that's my point.