Maybe corporations "Moving down there" is a diversion plan to get them the fuck out of here

The assumption here is that spending more money is always the most conducive path to growth. Is that true?

This post was edited by bogie160 on Aug 18 2016 08:49pm

Productive jobs, maybe. We're still a long ways away from there though. People need some sort of purpose though so it wouldn't surprise me if "unnecessary" jobs are created just to keep folks busy.

There were servants before, and there will be servants again before all things are done.

less regulation , less mass incarceration for petty crimes, stop building bombs and start spending on people etc

This post was edited by Eric021 on Aug 18 2016 10:06pm

Do you mean everyone works less? When phrased like you did I imagine some sort of world where menial type labor workers that provides nesseceities such as food / shelter are second class citizens who exist as slaves basicly.

It would be a beautiful world if anyone had a definitive answer to this question.

In the end, it's a combination of many factors. Businesses need to be free enough so that they be can be competitive, poverty needs to be battled so that everyone can be a potential customer for every potential product, etc. If you go zero government control style, the rich will end up eating the poor and your job market will collapse. If you go 100% government control style, your businesses will leave your country and your job market will collapse. The only solution is a nice balance between the two.

Adding more days to the week

#MakeAmericaGreatAgain

Yeah that's definitely a possibility. Entertainment and art in particular seem like the fields where nearly all jobs could eventually exist, possibly. But i think it's inevitable that with increasing automation that we'll need to develop a universal basic income.

People are getting upset at manufacturing jobs disappearing as if it's a temporary problem and you've got people like Trump fooling them into thinking they can be brought back. They're gone for good and they're going to keep disappearing.



I mean that most people don't work at all because there is nothing productive for them to do, thanks to narrow AI and automation. As above the entertainment and art fields might be the only exceptions. Possibly certain sects of the service industry, where people desire a human touch. Human labor is soon going to be obsolete. This is why a basic minimum income will be an imperative.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Aug 19 2016 12:27am

As a response to this tendency, Sweden has already reduced its daily work schedule from 8 hours to 6. Wages are all staying the same.

I'm pretty sure that this is quite a shocker to most American conservatives, but there's a realistic chance that most of the civilized world will have 6 hours workdays in 20 years or less.