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by c22 2178 days ago
Do you realize that arguing we must keep some people impoverished so they will do the work no one wants to do is basically an argument for slavery? If there are jobs in society that are essential that no one wants to do we should automate them or increase the pay to an amount that appropriately reflects their level of crappiness and importance.
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I do realize that. It sucks.

If you automate the jobs, then these people have nothing. If you increase they pay, then they get globalized away.

It's a difficult problem. Solutions that sound nice are full of holes.