Nov
4
Can anyone create jobs?
That’s from the New York Times (11/4/11). One way to create jobs would be to have everyone who’s currently working eight-hour days work four-hour days instead, the thought here being that something like that would mean that everyone would have a job. In doing this, we’d solve a totally fucked-up problem specific to capitalism—some are unemployed while (and because) others are overworked. But implementing the simple solution to that problem requires getting rid of capitalism.
Relevant here is the following couplet from “Hallelujah, I’m a bum!”
Oh why don't you work like other folks do? How can I get a job when you're holding down two?
