• afk_strats@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Now hold on. I think you can make good arguments here without using a 2020 pandemic unemployment rate per your first article. The current “real” unemployment rate is around 8%. Arguably a little higher due to under reporting. This includes folks who are underemployed or discouraged job seekers.

    https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

    You could argue that the broken social contract makes employment ineffective or doesn’t grant the same promises as it used to. You could argue that workers don’t see the benefits they deserve or that unemployment is not a good measure of people’s well-being.

    We don’t have to misrepresent facts to make arguments.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    If we all Gale ourselves they’ll have no one to make them money. They also lack any real skills so won’t be able to rebuild.