holy shit, capitalismhttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/business/international/in-europe-fake-jobs-can-have-real-benefits.html …
@Dharlette @vaurorapub yeah, like @noahmccormack pointed out, this is like the horrifying inverse of the Keynesian hole-digging metaphor
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@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub @noahmccormack I've known folks on long-term job hunts - this sounds *much* better than being housebound. -
@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub @noahmccormack In particular, it sounds like it offers a lot of the networking benefits of paid work. -
@ncoghlan_dev@Dharlette@vaurorapub You're networking with a bunch of other unemployed people, for no money, doing meaningless labor. -
@ncoghlan_dev@Dharlette@vaurorapub If this sounds palatable in any way, I submit to you that the system is broken. -
@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub Oh yes, the system is horrendously broken, there's no denying that. Just better than being home alone. -
@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub I'd classify these as support groups for the long term unemployed, rather than as fake jobs, though. -
@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub The latter characterisation emphasises what they're not (i.e. paid work) rather than what they are. -
@sarahjeong@Dharlette@vaurorapub "Self-motivated jobseekers organise long term training simulations" would have set a very different tone.
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