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bravoetchtoday at 4:07 AM3 repliesview on HN

Why do people want to generate jobs? I'd rather generate a jobless utopia where we all do art.


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Jtariitoday at 1:45 PM

Hate to break it to you but the average guy that does manual labour would more likely become a criminal than a musician if you deleted his job.

What's that saying about idle hands.

Jobs root people to their communities and give them purpose in life.

HWR_14today at 4:42 AM

Because today the options are "jobs exist" or "people starve in the street".

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brooksttoday at 4:16 AM

Check out the etymology of “utopia”