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And a lot of the jobs that are truly awful and nobody wants to do ... are bullshit jobs that don't actually need to be done in the first place.
"no one wants to flip burgers for 7.25!" No shit buddy, maybe your business shouldn't exist anymore
We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
If we were providing basic needs to everyone, then it would not matter. Its so disgusting how many think "work" is the end all be all to existence.
And that is not saying people are lazy, but that they should not define their existence doing tasks for other people's benefit for the right to simply be.
And there would be jobs that need a person, but we as a society could and should be able to handle that. Some sort of "everyone does some sort of work age 25-30, when they are kind of "peak ability.". Or "You get a bit more if you want to work, but its not necesary.
That sort of thing.
In a society in which one's material needs are not tied to one's labour, this would not be a problem.
True, but we don't have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
So you see the problem.
I see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.
We must ban automation!
Nah, we need to ban jobs and force automation on everything