Comment by anonymous908213

1 day ago

21% of US jobs are service occupations. All you've really done is establish that cars exist so the wealthy have deemed it no longer necessary to allow filthy peasants to live in their mansions.

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throwaway2037  2 hours ago 

    > 21% of US jobs are service occupations.

This seems far to low. First, I assume you are talking about the current economy. If yes, various sources tell me it is more like 80%.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says:

    > Service-Providing Industries: Account for roughly 80% to 81% of total U.S. employment, covering fields such as healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, finance, and professional/business services.

  • anonymous908213  21 minutes ago

    The BLS has two "service" definitions. The 80% figure includes almost literally everything that isn't producing physical goods, including doctors, lawyers, professors, and software developers. The 21% figure is the BLS's "service occupations" subgrouping that you would consider more traditional service work - preparing and serving food and drink, cleaning, hired guards, etc.

astrange  11 hours ago

“I never thought I would be so rich as to be able to own a car, but I did become rich — so rich that in the end I could give up working if I liked. That was a great surprise to me.

But at the same time, it was the irony of life that while I could afford a car, I could not afford a maid."

- Agatha Christie