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goobster  ·  2479 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Gig Economy immolations begin

... and then when you do give them exactly what they asked for, they refuse to participate because it's easier to sit your lazy ass on the couch and watch Faux News while cashing that sweet free government check every month.

The future is not retraining.

The future is angry people sitting on barcaloungers yelling at the TV while eating their food provided by government food stamps, getting their heathcare from government funded Medicare, which prescribes them opioids for their bad back (from sitting in the chair and eating literal shit constantly), and paying the rent with the money the government gives them every month because their former boss failed to plan for a non-coal future and modernize the business, and just let it augur into the ground of obsolescence.

Meanwhile, us "liberal coastal elites" will continue to invent shit, and drive the economy, while these sad fucks suck at our juicy taxable teats.

Now I know how Germany feels...