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by mnky9800n 959 days ago
I feel like,

> surprise! You are probably needed elsewhere!

Is not the way to handle this kind of thing.

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The difficulty is that putting the onus of reallocation on a centralized authority leads to less efficient allocation (e.g. all the problems with command economies).

Decentralized people that each make individual choices more quickly and ideally allocate unused labor where it's most needed.

... but to the broader point from sibling threads, the humane solution here is {permit companies to be agile with layoffs} + {fund strong government-provided safety nets for unemployed workers}.