Reply #19: Better news would be when every living adult doesn't have to work for wages

[bhikkhu]

We actually have a much higher labor participation rate than has been the historic norm, and a much higher rate than most countries. What we don't have is a society that gives a damn about anyone not willing and able to work for a wage.

And also we have a wage system that provides too little to most workers to support a household. This compels most people, skilled or not, to go out and scrounge for work that will also not support a household.

In some societies, and in some times here, wages were higher and there was much greater opportunity for people to fill creative or nurturing or simply human roles...