I feel like we're walking wilfully blindly into a really crap future, while governments and companies prioritise the short term for the sake of profits and votes. Meanwhile the climate crisis keeps ramping up. AI and automation keep destroying jobs, while we make zero plans for a world where there is *not* a job for everyone, and where the tax base is continually shrinking (cos the rich aren't gonna make up the shortfall, even while they go on eliminating the previously tax-payer's jobs.)
Just stop trying to force everyone into jobs that don't exist, then punishing them for not being able to find one! Simplify benefits by giving people a UBI. Let people who want to retire early and leave the remaining jobs to the younger people with kids to feed!
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