Reply #13: well capitalism can't work in the real world and so it doesn't work for many people

[pitohui]

the dream of humanity was to create labor saving devices, automation, computers and so on to take the burden of work off human shoulders

unfortunately that only works well FOR ALL if we accept that the humans who no longer have any work to do, still have to have a way to access health care and a decent standard of living -- the median human IQ is i suppose around 100, which means that there will always be a significant population of humans who are simply not capable of doing a job that isn't physical but instead requires brains -- if you deal w. people who have an IQ around 100 a lot, it's just frustrating, it might be "average" but "average" just isn't good enough for modern society and modern jobs -- i'm sure it was fine in a society where most people did hard labor/farming for work but our brains haven't evolved to meet the new reality


should we give those people make work a la "the marching morons" or should we just cut to the chase and have some guaranteed income/health care etc. available to all?

yah, there will always be bitter people who yell "well i work and they don't work" but what is THEIR solution?

work has become a privilege available to the few...it will increasingly become a privilege available only to the few

i predict w.in a few years to be a greeter at walmart you'll have to "tip out" somebody

80 percent of jobs are ALREADY found thru "referrals" -- the trading of favors and/or in some cases cold hard cash

if you want a job, what are you willing to give the dude who hired you in return? a blowjob just isn't enough any more