LogFAQs > #959133351

The whole concept and current structure of it is driving me crazy. People who work like at McDonald's probably contribute more value to society than me, if my job was vacated it wouldn't really make an impact on anything, and what it does make an impact on isn't really important in the slightest, yet I make like three times the amount of someone at McDonald's. I feel guilty about it, but I also want more, cause I guess if I'm gonna be stuck with this system I guess retiring as early as possible is a good goal. So then I look at jobs and the stuff that web developers do is insane, just like why does this company even exist, why are VC firms so eager to pump money into this dumb shit, why can't rich people just try to make the world a better place instead.

I don't know if we're fully ready to automate and move to UBI though, not in the slightest. I think we take stuff for granted like how you can always find stuff at the grocery (well, before the supply chain issues). But making it so difficult to live that people have no choice but to take on these crappy jobs is just cruel, if anything the jobs that make society work should be highly coveted and something you need if you want luxury, the rest should be a guaranteed basic standard of living. We do it entirely backwards instead