[opminion]

That's what having a job means to most people in southern Europe. Everything that falls short of that, which are most jobs nowadays, is considered negative.

That's one reason why many people think it is normal that one of the roles of the state is to be a main provider of jobs.

Not saying that's good or bad, just what the general feeling is, which is very difficult to understand if your baseline is pure capitalism.

[davidw]

Yeah, I was talking more about the US. Here in Italy, I think people still need to get more used to not having jobs for life.