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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNah. Food is cheap and plentiful. We don’t need young people working in fields for old people to be fed.
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYou do understand that just dumping a bag of produce at grandmas door isn’t enough? She needs to pay rent, get medical treatment and maybe even help around the house because she isn’t as nimble as before
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou understand that there will still be a lot of labor available. It’s not like there will NO workers.
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago“A lot” is relative. If every worker has to pay for 3 people’s pensions and still have enough to live on, how do you think that will go?
Nah. Food is cheap and plentiful. We don’t need young people working in fields for old people to be fed.
You do understand that just dumping a bag of produce at grandmas door isn’t enough?
She needs to pay rent, get medical treatment and maybe even help around the house because she isn’t as nimble as before
You understand that there will still be a lot of labor available. It’s not like there will NO workers.
“A lot” is relative. If every worker has to pay for 3 people’s pensions and still have enough to live on, how do you think that will go?