Hi all. I’m a tech worker in my 20s and fully support the anti-work movement and proud be a part of it. My partner and I have regular conversations about stuff happening in this sub and recently we had a rather interesting train of thought.
We were talking about what an ideal income structure should look like and wondering if gig type jobs like waiting tables, driving cabs, delivering food etc. were designed to be part time activities that you can do for extra money but they are not designed to be full time jobs that can help you fully support yourself/family. Agreed that companies like Uber exploit labor and something should be done about that. But going back to the original argument, how would the society change if all jobs no matter the skills/industry pay a livable wage with which you can fully support yourself?
For example, imagine you’re a waiter who’s being paid fully livable wages, that means wages of other professions would also increase considerably. (People would have less incentive to learn different skills : tech, healthcare, anything really. So the companies will start paying more and more.) Would that make things better in the society or would that just inflate the prices even more and the “livable wage” increases and we’re back to square one?
We couldn’t come up with an answer to this dilemma so I’m turning to this sub for some constructive opinions. What do you guys think?