Australia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

Australia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"

@PugJesus · 5 months ago

That’s the fun bit - corporations are so short-sighted they don’t care if the social contract falls apart. They can’t see beyond next quarter.

@[email protected] · 5 months ago

The social contract is already beginning to crumble, at least in the US. Insatiable greed knows no bounds in these parts, and them assholes are gonna fuck around until they find out.

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@[email protected] · 5 months ago

Low paid workers have demands put on the scarce resource that is wages. If the wages go up, they spend that money in ways that increase productivity.

THIS!!

Seriously giving poor people more money does more for the economy than any tax cut.

@Etterra · 5 months ago

I would totally love to live in Australia if it wasn’t for the draconian censorship laws.

The_Decryptor · 5 months ago

We have so many more problems than not being able to show some types of drug use in video games.

Australia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"

Australia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"

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