I specifically mean those companies that do not directly add to the jobs that “need” to be done.
My feeling is that more people work bullshit jobs because they pay better than e.g. harvesting crops or driving a bus.
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earphone843@sh.itjust.works 6 days agoA lot of those businesses still need to exist for society to function. They could be restructured into non-profits, but they’ll still exist.
There will always be a need for jobs that people aren’t going to just do for the hell of it. No one enjoys breaking their back harvesting crops or digging ditches.
I’m not saying the current system is any good, but the idea of no one having to work if they don’t want to is not obtainable without some serious advances in robotics.
thisfro@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
They work bullshit jobs because harvesting crops and driving a bus are shitty jobs that basically no one wants to do.
I used to work those shitty jobs, and pay wasn’t the issue
thisfro@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
If more people would work those jobs, each would have to do less of it
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Make them then. Force them to do it.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Those are low requirement jobs
Almost every body able citizen with a license can drive
Almost every body abled citizen can harvest a crop
Not EVERYONE wants to do it, so they invest time and money into themselves to get a skill level that will allow them to get a job in something else not related to the thing they don’t like
But that was in the old days or with low ROI enterprises
Now most modern agriculture is done with automation, gps tracking and smart systems
Your average crop picker doesn’t matter anymore
They’d need to be more knowledgeable to not only be in a new harvester cabin, but understand the training that comes with it
rockerface@lemm.ee 6 days ago
If harvesting crops would pay six figures, I’m sure there’d be enough willing people
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Where’s that money going to come from?
The point of UBI isn’t to allow anyone to not work if they don’t want to. It’s so that everyone can live securely while still contributing to keeping society running, and allow those who can’t work to live without worry about survival.
You can’t have UBI without workers. It’s still working to survive, just with a massive safety net.
rockerface@lemm.ee 6 days ago
From net worth of all millionaires and billionaires, where it’s not currently being used for anything worthwhile.
UBI is only the first step towards actual redistribution of wealth
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Even if you could wave a magic wand and magically convert all that net worth straight across into that amount of cold hard cash, it wouldn’t pay for a measly $10k UBI for all working-age Americans for more than two years.
Then what’s the plan? That 10k costs over $2 trillion.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
That networth isn’t cash on hand. It’s comprised of assets that can’t be instantly converted into cash.
And like the other person said, it’s not nearly enough for UBI.