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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 months agoUnemployment is pretty low right now, where will you find the staff for that?
Comment on Get in the Hilux
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 months agoUnemployment is pretty low right now, where will you find the staff for that?
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 months ago
For once companies could downsize not because they want to fire people but because there is an excess of jobs. There are many many businesses that produce in excess (take the clothing sector for instance) or others that have already hired beyond sustainability (software and tech). Many governments also have programs to hire in excess for non-required roles to reduce unemployment. There is so much room for optimization but realistically with other effects like average number of kids per family decreasing some degree of automatization beyond what we have now and some change in people’s lifestyles will be required too.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Suddenly everyone has a shit ton more money and you think demand wouldn’t go up?
Production would actually have to increase.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 months ago
some may fall into rampant consumerism even more, but some (hopefully many) will come out of it because they have money and time for decent hobbies actually. so instead of buying tons of easily consumable crap stuff of every kind to pass whatever little time they have, instead they will focus on buying less but more decent of the stuff they are really interested in.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
So people who have a piece of crap car wouldn’t replace it? People who don’t have a car wouldn’t get one? People who rent wouldn’t want to buy a house? People who never went on vacation wouldn’t want to travel? People who have a phone that barely works wouldn’t get a newer model? People wouldn’t start eating actual food instead of eating the cheapest stuff they can find? People wouldn’t get new clothes, a new TV, new appliances that actually work properly, to to the restaurant…
Wealth redistribution means people can now afford to live a comfortable life, that means them getting what they need to be comfortable.