Comment on They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.

elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Jobs aren’t something to be preserved, that’s the wrong way of thinking about it. Jobs are a waste of everyone’s time. You’re not saving a job, you’re spending labour. The goal should be to eliminate all jobs.

  The problem is the link between income and work, that should be eliminated.

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  • diablicja@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Sure, but I cannot eliminate that link. I can, however, queue to the cashier so that they can put food on the table.

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    • moopet@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      There are multiple solutions for poverty, making people dig holes and then fill them back in is not a great one.

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      • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        yeah en.wikipedia.org/…/Parable_of_the_broken_window

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  • Polisheocket@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Futuristic thinking, I like it but that doesn’t pay the bills now

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  • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    100% agree with you. our economy is not vegan as long as people are forced to work. people can still work if they want to, that would be vegan.

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  • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s never going to happen under capitalism though, so until socialism is achieved, I’m going to do the best I can to ensure that my fellow workers have as much access to good paying jobs as possible.

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    • BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s self-sustaining. They have convinced people that they don’t deserve access to resources unless they perform some meaningless demeaning labour. The job leaves them too exhausted and numb to question the status quo and do something about it. Yet, at the same time the 0.1% who is hoarding all the planet’s resources isn’t scanning any groceries to ‘deserve’ it.

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      • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yes, which is why organization and political education is so critical, and also why MLs place importance on vanguard parties. The capitalists are never going to give us the time for everyone to realize we can demand better, so those of us who already realize it need to step up and help guide those who don’t.

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    • moopet@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Mm, drag it out as long as you can, right?

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      • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Would you rather everyone be unemployed and destitute while you beg the capitalists to give you money?

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• gabelstapler@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s not only the jobs, it’s the liability: if you’re forgetting to scan a product, you’re shoplifting. If the cashier forgets to scan a product it’s the shop’s problem.

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  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I have inadvertently failed to scan some small item that was in a fold of the bag a couple of times.

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Same.

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