Maybe we are entering a new victorian age. The UK will rule two thirds of the globe. An age of progress. And the vast majority live in poverty.
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Pay squeeze worst since Victorian age, study finds
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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View PostWhat's that animal that eats its own children for its own benefit?Comment
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The number of workers needed is shrinking at the same time as our population is growing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
The old adage of 'technology will create new jobs to replace the old' is being proven false.This constriction of worker wages is a natural side effect of that, because the value of the average worker is dropping as more people are competing for the continually shrinking array of jobs.
Our economic system needs to change at a fundamental level, or collapse. A capitalistic growth model cannot continue past the point when no-one is needed to produce the goods/services, because then no-one has money to buy the goods/services.
Involuntary lifetime unemployment for the majority of the population is an inevitable by-product of advancing technology. The sooner people come to terms with that, the better.Last edited by NickyBoy; 13 October 2014, 14:57.Comment
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The world will always need agentsLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostThe world will always need agents
Soylent Green, it's made frompeopleagents.Comment
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostOnly as a stockpile of raw materials.
Soylent Green, it's made frompeopleagents.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postwe aren't THAT hungry!Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostSo presumably using that argument, all IT contractors in public sector work are public servants as ultimately the public pays their salaries? I bet they don't go on strike or is that all covered by IR35
Public sector contractors are private companies working on publicly funded jobs - they don't have the same hold beacuse the IT industry is much larger than the public sector. Tube drivers though can't just be replaced at the drop of a hat like IT workers - because there are no other tube drivers.
I.e. the forces that limit the market for public services also limit the market for the labour to fulfil those services.
I think it's appalling - if you don't like you job then find another. Don't hold your patrons to ransom, risking their health in the process.Comment
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