The headline suggests our economic issues are with the labor shortage – not enough people to fill the jobs of whatever type. I don’t think this is about a labor shortage; I think this is about modern day capitalism in its end game.
This doesn’t have to mean an end game for us humans, of course. All we need to do is coalesce around a new approach that combines the reality that billions of humans cannot consume physical goods in the manner we’ve grown accustomed to without creating great damage with that good ol’ word “freedom” (as opposed to “freedumb”).
I live in Vermont, and I listen to elected officials, business leaders and the reporting media go on and on about how we need to attract more workers to Vermont. Literally every time I’ve had the opportunity to ask any of the presenters about the possibility that those additional employees won’t be available, I get ignored as if I’m proposing some preposterous future.
But nobody has ever had any suggestions just in case my question is the correct one.
Instead of pursuing more workers for more products, perhaps we should be pursuing a better economic policy.
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The headline suggests our economic issues are with the labor shortage – not enough people to fill the jobs of whatever type. I don’t think this is about a labor shortage; I think this is about modern day capitalism in its end game.
This doesn’t have to mean an end game for us humans, of course. All we need to do is coalesce around a new approach that combines the reality that billions of humans cannot consume physical goods in the manner we’ve grown accustomed to without creating great damage with that good ol’ word “freedom” (as opposed to “freedumb”).
I live in Vermont, and I listen to elected officials, business leaders and the reporting media go on and on about how we need to attract more workers to Vermont. Literally every time I’ve had the opportunity to ask any of the presenters about the possibility that those additional employees won’t be available, I get ignored as if I’m proposing some preposterous future.
But nobody has ever had any suggestions just in case my question is the correct one.
Instead of pursuing more workers for more products, perhaps we should be pursuing a better economic policy.