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Comment by scotty79

2 hours ago

Necessities get made because there's someone to buy them. Only 5% of people are employed in agriculture and 15% in manufacturing. 80% of working people could do nothing and we'd still be fine when it comes to necessities. And we don't even have peak automation.

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polshaw  1 hour ago

Could we perhaps include medical care in the necessities don't you think?

  • peterpost2  6 minutes ago

    And educational workers and cleaners.

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