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[-] joystick@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years 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.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Technically i am an "unskilled worker" because i did not finish university. Didn't stop me from being the guy who develops the network chips in the company.

[-] adrian783@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
  1. thats not what unskilled worker means, technically or not.
  2. I'm happy for you but
  3. weird flex on a post about the less fortunate
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