Comment on A perfect visualisation of a wasteful system
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months agoLabor of any stripe is abundant. In an economy that doesn’t prioritize profit, people would be able to pursue specialized jobs that they want to contribute towards. For example, after the modernization of the USSR, they had the most doctors of any country in the world and healthcare was made accessible for millions of people. Our growth as a society is limited by the amount of cooperative labor we have available, but it’s not a limited resource.
In contrast, capitalism is reliant on a reserve pool of labor to keep wages down. If someone remains in the reserves for too long, they become homeless because every aspect of life has been commodified.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not talking about labor, I’m talking about specialized labor. Which is limited not just to numbers but to numbers willing to be trained in that field.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which specialized labor do you think would be in short supply in a non-market economy?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I gave a specific example already.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pharmacology? It’s a science like any other. Pharmacists talk constantly about how their wages are actively being depressed because of intentional understaffing. The hypothetical your presenting is a reality under capitalism.