You know why this ended? It wasn't because of immigration, which has really only been small until recently. Plus the boomers had a population increase that didn't lead to such problems of employment.
It's because of technology. Technology took all the manufacturing jobs and the rest moved to China because they also got technology for factories and transport technology meant we could be imported real cheap. Agriculture jobs had already disappeared earlier because of technology. So what's left are mostly paper shuffling and management jobs, but computers got rid of many of the former. The ones that are left are not enough for the population, so you have to fight over even the entry level positions. It's only going to get worse with AI and robots taking up all the rest of the jobs.
The jobs should have at least paid more as they decreased in number, but this was offset by the country making less stuff and instead spending all its efforts shuffling papers that doesn't produce anything. It's like a car engine that spends 90% of the fuel trying to make the remaining 10% of the fuel use marginally more efficient. In the end it uses way more fuel.
The luddites were obviously right in seeing that technology was going to take their jobs - they only get ridiculed because they were rather powerless to do anything about it. That wouldn't have been the case if the rest of society supported them.
Boomers are 61 to 79 now. Boomers leaving the workforce in the 21st century caused the lack of jobs in the 21st century?
The same technology that caused the creation of endless jobs; of course, of course.
Citation needed.
Then why has everything they’ve ever said been wrong?
The luddites weren't wrong, they did lose their skilled jobs and had to get low skilled jobs paying much less instead and their children had to work in dangerous factories for barely a penny. That's exactly what they saw was going to happen and exactly what happened.
They get ridiculed because for 150 years, everything they’ve ever said was a lie, since technology created more jobs than it replaced.
Again, citation needed. This is obviously not the case if you consider simple examples. It would take forever to harvest a field of wheat with your bare hands, but using a scythe makes it several times faster. But making a usable scythe doesn't take a lot of work - do it once and you don't have to do it again for several years. Scythe production factories make them with even less time per scythe, meaning less employment per scythe.
The only things you got right were the Federal reserve making the economy worse and women entering the workforce reducing jobs. But women have been in the workforce for a long time now so that can't be the main reason jobs are running out.
Almost everything you said is the opposite of reality.
Irony.
Here's the first result when I search "us immigration chart", which proves my point:
Thanks for admitting your point was wrong. 15% is not small. You’re simply brainwashed into thinking this is okay.
Boomers leaving the workforce in the 21st century caused the lack of jobs in the 21st century?
Strawman somewhere else. You’re not worth my time.
Citation needed.
The entirety of the Industrial Revolution, you subhuman piece of shit. We had fewer than 2 billion people before it started and 8 billion now. Technology sure didn’t create any jobs, right? All six billion of them are simply unemployed forever, yeah? Fuck off, dumbass. Critical thinking is required to be considered human. It takes five seconds to make these connections.
The luddites weren't wrong
I guess you live in a parallel universe.
they did lose their skilled jobs and had to get low skilled jobs
Sounds like a personal problem. Everyone else just learned a new trade.
their children had to work in dangerous factories
“Had to;” uh huh.
Again, citation needed.
The last 150 years of human history, dipshit.
less employment per scythe.
And yet… everyone still has jobs. Almost as if your “argument” is puerile nonsense.
The only things you got right were the Federal reserve making the economy worse and women entering the workforce reducing jobs.
So I only got everything right; got it.
But women have been in the workforce for a long time now so that can't be the main reason
15% is not small. You’re simply brainwashed into thinking this is okay.
15% is what it has been since 1870. So it's not some new thing that's suddenly taken all the jobs.
We had fewer than 2 billion people before it started and 8 billion now. Technology sure didn’t create any jobs, right? All six billion of them are simply unemployed forever, yeah?
People create jobs because people have needs, like food and clothes and shelter. The existence of 1 person leads to the creation of multiple jobs. That's because 1 person can barely farm their own food, let alone make their own clothes, build their own home, and so on. So 8 billion people naturally have a need for far more than 8 billion jobs. So there can only be an overall lack of jobs when technology does the jobs for us.
And yet… everyone still has jobs. Almost as if your “argument” is puerile nonsense.
Except they don't, which is what this post is about. Plenty of people are unemployed and looking for jobs. In the past it was easy to get a job, but now many people find it hard to get any job at all even with a college degree.
Oh look, immigration! The other thing I said!
You mean the other thing I already proved wasn't the cause.
You know why this ended? It wasn't because of immigration, which has really only been small until recently. Plus the boomers had a population increase that didn't lead to such problems of employment.
It's because of technology. Technology took all the manufacturing jobs and the rest moved to China because they also got technology for factories and transport technology meant we could be imported real cheap. Agriculture jobs had already disappeared earlier because of technology. So what's left are mostly paper shuffling and management jobs, but computers got rid of many of the former. The ones that are left are not enough for the population, so you have to fight over even the entry level positions. It's only going to get worse with AI and robots taking up all the rest of the jobs.
The jobs should have at least paid more as they decreased in number, but this was offset by the country making less stuff and instead spending all its efforts shuffling papers that doesn't produce anything. It's like a car engine that spends 90% of the fuel trying to make the remaining 10% of the fuel use marginally more efficient. In the end it uses way more fuel.
The luddites were obviously right in seeing that technology was going to take their jobs - they only get ridiculed because they were rather powerless to do anything about it. That wouldn't have been the case if the rest of society supported them.
The Federal Reserve, the female workforce, and infinite brown immigration. Period.
Every chart proves you wrong.
It literally did. It caused it.
The same technology that caused the creation of endless jobs; of course, of course.
The ones that kept increasing in number as technology grew?
Because what. Why did they move. What catalyst caused this move. Why did it become illegal to stay.
Why won’t you talk about that.
How. How did they get it. By what mechanism did this come about.
Which didn’t matter, because technology created more than the replacement jobs in all other sectors.
Once again, created more jobs than those replaced.
Then why are there still so many job openings everywhere.
None of this is real. You have been lied to your entire life.
Why?
Then why has everything they’ve ever said been wrong?
They get ridiculed because for 150 years, everything they’ve ever said was a lie, since technology created more jobs than it replaced.
Go die in the woods at 30, then.
Almost everything you said is the opposite of reality.
Here's the first result when I search "us immigration chart", which proves my point: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time
Boomers are 61 to 79 now. Boomers leaving the workforce in the 21st century caused the lack of jobs in the 21st century?
Citation needed.
The luddites weren't wrong, they did lose their skilled jobs and had to get low skilled jobs paying much less instead and their children had to work in dangerous factories for barely a penny. That's exactly what they saw was going to happen and exactly what happened.
Again, citation needed. This is obviously not the case if you consider simple examples. It would take forever to harvest a field of wheat with your bare hands, but using a scythe makes it several times faster. But making a usable scythe doesn't take a lot of work - do it once and you don't have to do it again for several years. Scythe production factories make them with even less time per scythe, meaning less employment per scythe.
The only things you got right were the Federal reserve making the economy worse and women entering the workforce reducing jobs. But women have been in the workforce for a long time now so that can't be the main reason jobs are running out.
Irony.
Thanks for admitting your point was wrong. 15% is not small. You’re simply brainwashed into thinking this is okay.
Strawman somewhere else. You’re not worth my time.
The entirety of the Industrial Revolution, you subhuman piece of shit. We had fewer than 2 billion people before it started and 8 billion now. Technology sure didn’t create any jobs, right? All six billion of them are simply unemployed forever, yeah? Fuck off, dumbass. Critical thinking is required to be considered human. It takes five seconds to make these connections.
I guess you live in a parallel universe.
Sounds like a personal problem. Everyone else just learned a new trade.
“Had to;” uh huh.
The last 150 years of human history, dipshit.
And yet… everyone still has jobs. Almost as if your “argument” is puerile nonsense.
So I only got everything right; got it.
Oh look, immigration! The other thing I said!
Get out, you fucking Amish.
The shitskin fears the Amish.
15% is what it has been since 1870. So it's not some new thing that's suddenly taken all the jobs.
People create jobs because people have needs, like food and clothes and shelter. The existence of 1 person leads to the creation of multiple jobs. That's because 1 person can barely farm their own food, let alone make their own clothes, build their own home, and so on. So 8 billion people naturally have a need for far more than 8 billion jobs. So there can only be an overall lack of jobs when technology does the jobs for us.
Except they don't, which is what this post is about. Plenty of people are unemployed and looking for jobs. In the past it was easy to get a job, but now many people find it hard to get any job at all even with a college degree.
You mean the other thing I already proved wasn't the cause.