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Illustrious-Law-6649 t1_ixi7b2z wrote

Reply to comment by Douglas_Fresh in On The Rising Non-Working Class (And What Their Despair Says About Us All) by capcaunul

I personally believe minimalistic living will be a thing of the future to combat the high stress with less than adequate pay. I will do with less nonsense (cable tv, upgraded electric devices, etc) and in turn have much more time available to do what I please.. not to mention Social Security will probably be gone by the time I’m eligible..

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Douglas_Fresh t1_ixicsik wrote

I tend to agree with this thought. Since covid I buy substantially less clothes as an example. But that might just be me getting older as well.

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Illustrious-Law-6649 t1_ixivfgb wrote

A second thought popped up for me.. if that happened, be careful the rich don’t flood the market with AI to take the place of humans not willing to work.. I can see things going in a bad direction if not controlled!

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Illustrious-Law-6649 t1_ixiv144 wrote

I think it would be interesting to see what the affects of that would be. Big businesses will have not only less people willing to work but in addition the demand will drop therefore cutting profit which will reduce the amount of workers needed. That simple type of change of living would dramatically alter the world as we know it.. I’m sure there’s a lot more it would change but that was just 1 simple talking point.

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