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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

You haven't seen some of my coworkers then

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

A serious answer: it's more about supply and demand. Unskilled is work that nearly anyone can do. Lots of supply, so wages are lower than jobs where a smaller number of people can do it. I don't think there's any conspiracy there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh look. They put farmers and tradesmen in with fucking Starbucks counter staff

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

It's because this comic strip was made by a teller who is outraged that trades people and farmers require prior training and are not considered "unskilled" jobs (One where no prior training/certification/education is necessary)!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Another approach is to divide unpleasant work evenly under everyone who can do it like in the novel The Dispossessed. This will be less efficient since each one needs to acquire the skill and won't reach perfection because they don't stay long enough but to hell with efficiency.

So yes, it is skilled labor and if you call it "unskilled", you have no excuse not to do it from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There's also the fact manual labor is seem by Anarresti as something to be proud of.

Also, Chevek doesn't directly mention it in the book, but in reality some people simply enjoy hard jobs and would gladily do them if they can make a good living out of them.

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