Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Saturday that, in the U.S., "if you don't have a job, you are left to die."
"We should be excited by that. But the reason we're not excited by it is because we live in a society where if you don't have a job, you are left to die. And that is, at its core, our problem," added the congressman, whose "Green New Deal" proposal includes a federal jobs guarantee.
Ocasio-Cortez also said during her interview that automation could potentially allow for more time to focus on art, inventions, the sciences and "enjoying the world that we live in."
"Because not all creativity needs to be bonded by wage," she said.
Originally Posted by oeb11
Perhaps all of this
creativity AOC's touting should be the core reason she adamantly refuse the $174,000 annual paycheck she receives as a frosh congresswoman and (happily) settle for the (reported) $26,600 she earned last year.
Aristotle had many interesting things to say about the exchange of money, goods, making profits from retail, capitalism in general, etc, etc...
Maybe AOC is wanting Americans to sign up for "careers" that require a toga and a laurel-leaf crown yet receive zero wages with said endeavor? Mystic....you on board to become the next great philosopher?