Chris Freiman(@cafreiman):It’s strange to point to allegedly “useless” jobs to argue against capitalism, given that profit-seeking employers under capitalism have much stronger incentive to not pay for useless jobs than government officials or even members of a worker cooperative.

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Chris Freiman@cafreiman

2026.05.17 16:52

It’s strange to point to allegedly “useless” jobs to argue against capitalism, given that profit-seeking employers under capitalism have much stronger incentive to not pay for useless jobs than government officials or even members of a worker cooperative.