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blackbootz · 3074 days ago · link · · parent · post: Men exiting the workforce as low-wage jobs vanish
I just had a painful, two-hour argument with my mom about runaway disability claims in the US, automation, and the future of work as ethical living. It's really, really hard to change minds. And my mom is pretty amenable to "liberal" ideas. I can't imagine what it would take to change the minds of the tens(/hundreds?) of millions of Americans not predisposed to hating welfare. Maybe all the civil unrest caused by mass unemployment? It isn't heartening to think that it requires crises to spur action.