• meseek #2982@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    You say that like that would be bad.

    Who fights for having people in braindead jobs, working unsafe conditions, Christ almighty. Check please.

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      11 months ago

      You can debate the merits of some work, you can debate the amount people are compensated for that work. But what is absolutely not debatable is that we actually need people to do work for us to contribute to function as a society. Some of that work that’s absolutely necessary is both dangerous and nigh impossible to automate. Do we need another Starbucks? No, absolutely not. But we will still need places to be built, and infrastructure maintained. There’s really no escaping that.

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          11 months ago

          Who would work at Starbucks if you get a living wage making shitty art ?

          Is there even a quota needed in this? Can I make one piece of art a week that takes ten minutes and I get my living wage ?

          Why would I work 40 hours dealing with any customer. Why would I work in a field picking crops or at a construction site ?

          I’ll join hunter Biden making blow art and getting g paid

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        11 months ago

        But what is absolutely not debatable is that we actually need people to do work for us

        Citation needed.

        to contribute to function as a society

        As if that’s a worthy goal.

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      11 months ago

      So your ok if your garbage does not get taken out or if that many less people want to be doctors and nurses?

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      11 months ago

      Probably someone who sees a causal connection between unpleasant work and pleasant outcomes later.

      I mean if work was an end unto itself it doesn’t make much sense to go do things you don’t feel like doing. But once you connect the present moment of facing unpleasantness to the future payoff of the work, it makes more sense.

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        11 months ago

        Most office work for company conglomerate X? Completely useless to society. The whole of Wall Street? Completely useless to society. In fact, most jobs in any field which isn’t STEM R&D are largely superfluous. So, what was your point again?

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      11 months ago

      You say that like that would be bad.

      There’s work to be done. Everyone can’t be an artist. It’s exactly why they’re not paid well to do it. It’s a high-supply, low-demand job.

      You people are living in a fantasy land.

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        11 months ago

        We got fat on the third world and people think we can just say “fuck you, got mine” to the rest of the planet.

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        11 months ago

        “Artists” make everything you touch or look at. Unless you define “artist” as someone who drinks all day, and whips paint at blank canvass.

        UI-UX artists design the way programs look and function. Game artists build the worlds we play in. Architecture. Indoor decor. Even the cool looking rug you got at IKEA… designed by an industrial artist.

        We are everywhere. Coming up with cool looking phones, apps, OSes, and yes, sculptures and paintings too. So you’re right, there is work to be done. There is so much skill and investment into the life of artist. You’d know if you ever spent a day in their shoes.