[kansface]

Jobs aren't useless, but a job can produce net negative value. Consider other politically mandated jobs like gas station attendants in Oregon. These sorts of jobs (and the government guaranteeing a job for everyone) are downright dystopian - and further still, I can't imagine the path to a healthy society.

[vkou]

A lot of jobs produce net negative value, but the guy who pumps my gas, or the Wal-Mart greeter isn't at the front of that list. The guy who cold-calls me with telemarketing crap would be, though.

Everyone having an opportunity for employment is not dystopia. A real dystopia is when you have no good social safety net, but also have a large, unemployed underclass, which has no ability to make a living for themselves.