[extropy-chat] The end of work, the leisure society, and automation

[Mike Lorrey]

--- randy <cryofan at mylinuxisp.com> wrote:> 
> A universal basic income growing in the United States? Ah,
> no.....quite the opposite, in fact. Outside of the American
> Indian/aborigines, who do have min income and in fact a nice little
> leisure society, life in the USA is moving in the opposite
> direction--we are working more hours and wages are dropping for a
> huge segment of society....  

Actually, disposable income has been rising steadily, especially when
the statisticians actually count the effective deflation that has been
going on as consumers shift to mega store shopping.


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Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
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