Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tanada wrote:Yesterday's conversation about changing the employment system to have jobs for everyone in a highly automated world reminded me of this thread. It is a good review of the topic to read it top to bottom.
Cog wrote:What makes sense to me is Americans are the most productive workers in the world. Go be lazy somewhere else.
GHung wrote:Cog wrote:What makes sense to me is Americans are the most productive workers in the world. Go be lazy somewhere else.
Yes. Must keep the debt slaves in their cubicles.
Cog wrote:What makes sense to me is Americans are the most productive workers in the world. Go be lazy somewhere else.
Cog wrote:Some jobs require that you work 60-70 hours a week. Been there and done it.
Cog wrote:Its called choices outcast_searcher not something I wish the government to mandate. If I want to sacrifice home life or any life at all, then it should be my choice to make. Perhaps I have a goal to retire early or make a purchase that requires me to work ungodly hours to achieve it. Then that should be my choice and not your choice or the he government's to make.
I've worked a lot at various companies. I took on every over-time opportunity I could. I did this because I wanted something later on. Its called delayed gratification. Something millennials and social justice warriors would never understand.
Go be poor or lazy if you wish. No one stops you and in fact we subsidize you to do so. But for me, I'll do what is necessary to take care of my family and won't ask you to do that job for me. If you don't like the way your company treats you then QUIT. That is your choice. Go find greener pastures if they exist.
marmico wrote:How does this 35 hour workweek work when the private hourly workweek is 34.4 hours?
Newfie wrote: The logical thing to do would be to eliminate anyone who can’t get a job. But the really you could just be rid of most men as they are not nececcary for reproduction and most jobs can be done by women. And we can be rid of all retirees, their productive life is done so just off them.
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