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queequeger · 10-16-2007, 11:42 AM

Two points.

First, I'm not talking about a jobless society. I'm talking about removing menial tasks. So everyone would still work and contribute, but it would be by doing something that doesn't suck really bad.

Second, and I don't know if this will sound disenchanted or what (probably will) but I haven't seen one iota of evidence that we live in a society that rewards hard work. We reward looks, luck, and cutthroat behavior. I can't imagine anyone that works hard enough to justify more than 2 or 300 thousand dollars a year and they better be working DAMNED hard. Instead we have people making MILLIONS for playing a game. Literally. We have people in superfluous management positions who make literally 50, or a hundred times more than the people that actually make the company work. Even more than that if you play stocks. You produce literally nothing and make the most out of anyone.

And finally, I do believe (and didn't suggest otherwise) that people should still get compensated respectively. I'm all for socialist capitalism. You still have to work, and you still make more/less money than your neighbor, but you don't have to worry about your necessities.

10-16-2007, 11:42 AM	#7
queequeger Hypercharismatic Telepathical Knight Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The armpit of the Universe... Augusta, GA Posts: 365	Two points. First, I'm not talking about a jobless society. I'm talking about removing menial tasks. So everyone would still work and contribute, but it would be by doing something that doesn't suck really bad. Second, and I don't know if this will sound disenchanted or what (probably will) but I haven't seen one iota of evidence that we live in a society that rewards hard work. We reward looks, luck, and cutthroat behavior. I can't imagine anyone that works hard enough to justify more than 2 or 300 thousand dollars a year and they better be working DAMNED hard. Instead we have people making MILLIONS for playing a game. Literally. We have people in superfluous management positions who make literally 50, or a hundred times more than the people that actually make the company work. Even more than that if you play stocks. You produce literally nothing and make the most out of anyone. And finally, I do believe (and didn't suggest otherwise) that people should still get compensated respectively. I'm all for socialist capitalism. You still have to work, and you still make more/less money than your neighbor, but you don't have to worry about your necessities. __________________ Hoocha, hoocha, hoocha... lobster.