Quote from: NewLiberty on June 09, 2013, 04:09:52 AM

Quote from: ktttn on June 09, 2013, 01:16:28 AM

In jobs that can teach you something, you might as well be an intern.
The civil agreement put forth by employers is the only option for toilers unless you can figure out how to thrive outside of it (which we should).
I don't consider the fishermen slaves. That's a fantastic example of how mutual aid works. Captaining a ship with a crew is a-ok by me, yo.

Every job I've had has taught me something.
The learning is the responsibility of the learner.
The aware awaken, the sleepers slumber.

The point being, when we lose the difference between the aware and the sleepers, society loses.
That difference, often, is pay.

Payment is a signal. It is information. When we lose information we lose something of value. a society that willfully destroys that, is not going to be at an advantage to one that retains it unless there is something of greater worth to replace it. Present that counterbalancing social benefit and I will convert.

You could imagine jobs that teach you nothing. We can call that toil. Payment for toil makes folks resist automation. Those jobs require automation, not human toil.