well I don't think anyone who has much of a choice would choose that type of utterly unpredictable schedule (granted there might be worse, it is true). Because it precisely forbids working diligently and forces one into making little viable effort at all beyond just surviving. That is you can't even try to improve yourself in any way if it precludes any possible means of doing so due to scheduling such as getting a second job (or likely even looking for a better job, can't do that under that unpredictable a schedule), getting any further education or training etc..A better question for many people would be....do they have the choice?
Trees don't grow on money
I don’t know how capitalism can be described as “apolitical” without taking into account that successful capitalists are successful political lobbyists.
Alan, do you really believe that anyone who criticizes capitalism is trying to usher in socialism or another defined anti capitalist economic system? Isn’t there room for fine tuning abuses to capitalism? After all, this country is not a purely capitalistic economic powerhouse.
In 1929 we had a nice healthy long term economy going with some fine wealthy capitalists until we didn’t. I think there’s disagreement about whether we understand that any change is trying to help the patient or trying to kill the patient.
Why are emotions always mentioned? If it isnt to paint a picture of the other side being less rational and therefore unable to reasonably access a situation.
Presently the way we are operating now is not sustainable in the long term. Either we need to pay a fair wage for unskilled work or we need universal income. People are sick of being poor and it’s one reason people voted for trump.
Because no one has ever been sick of being poor before in this country or any other?
What defines what is "fair"? How does the evolving definition of poverty, middle class, etc. affect that? (I remember poverty as having no air conditioning, refrigeration, or a tv at one point, where phones were shared/party lines)
In the 1950’s unskilled workers could support their families on one income.
This is a direct quote from me in post #43
“Capitalism in and of itself knows has no built in morality. Only the personal convictions of the human can limit the tendency of capitalists to take unfair advantage of others.”
Unless I’m missing something again....It’s exactly the opposite of how you just characterized me. I’m not questioning anything but the users.
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