Wealth distribution

[HoreTore]

If "professional couch potatoe" can be a respected and well-paid profession in HoreTore's utopia, then I'm in.

Well... Someone mentioned youtubers and e-sports earlier in this thread. If that doesn't fit the label "professional couch-potato", I don't know what does.

As for your previous posts, I believe a good strategy for unions is to ask for reduced working hours instead of increased wages. It seems silly to me that after a century of explosive increase in productivity, we still work as long as we did 100 years(-ish) ago. We've got more stuff, but not enough time to actually use our stuff.

[Andres]

Well... Someone mentioned youtubers and e-sports earlier in this thread. If that doesn't fit the label "professional couch-potato", I don't know what does.

As for your previous posts, I believe a good strategy for unions is to ask for reduced working hours instead of increased wages. It seems silly to me that after a century of explosive increase in productivity, we still work as long as we did 100 years(-ish) ago. We've got more stuff, but not enough time to actually use our stuff.

Perhaps a combination of both reduced working hours and paying people what they are truly worth instead of the lowest amount the employer can get away with...

There is definitely something to be said about how we value certain types of labour nowadays.

To give an idea.

The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital cleaners create £10 of value for every £1 they are paid.

It claims bankers are a drain on the country because of the damage they caused to the global economy.

They reportedly destroy £7 of value for every £1 they earn.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Well... Someone mentioned youtubers and e-sports earlier in this thread. If that doesn't fit the label "professional couch-potato", I don't know what does.

Then you don't know what does. You really have no idea how much work goes into making even a 5 minute video that:
A) Does not look like it was filmed in 2004
B) Has decent editing
C) Is interesting or entertaining.

According to your view, any white collar activity that involves sitting all day is a "professional couch potato" you just refuse to admit that because most white collar jobs are more accepted despite it being commonly ridiculed as an exercise in living the movie "Office Space".

[Montmorency]

any white collar activity that involves sitting all day is a "professional couch potato" you just refuse to admit that

Actually, I think Horetore would agree with something like that.