Saturday, May 5, 2012

U.S. just as productive now as in 2006

So, basically what happened between 2006 and now was that U.S. companies laid off 5 to 7 million workers and hired computers and technology to do their jobs. However, now governments have to find a way to feed these folks who might not get rehired anytime soon again. So then, this is a worldwide social issue that is really hitting home in places like the U.S. and Europe right now. The fact that the U.S. is just as productive in relation to GDP as it was in 2006 has to give one pause. Because if that is true the world has entered an entirely different worker and technology paradigm where not as many workers will be needed at least in technologically advanced nations. In the future this revolution might be called the Technological Revolution like one previous age was called the Industrial Revolution. But when you replace workers with technology on this level people tend to starve even in advanced nations.

However, the net effect of this is much worse than I listed above because what this also means is that less philanthropic work is done in all nations because less people have money now than before and many millions less have jobs that might not easily be replaced. So, governments are struggling in regard to what to do about this fact? And what will third world peoples do with less 1st world people traveling and spending money and donating their time to help out there?

And most of what politicians are saying is complete baloney at at least in regard to these facts. Because given these conditions unless governments create jobs for the people in most advanced nations the people might not have jobs because this technological advancement is likely permanent. And not only is it permanent it is likely over time to get worse. So, people who own stocks benefit and those who don't own stocks falter and sometimes die worldwide. So, the divide between the haves and have nots is growing and most Democrats and Republicans are either lying about this, don't understand the relative permanence of these problems, or they are twisting the facts to get votes in their parties. So, anyway you look at it politics in the U.S. is mostly lies right now until the average person realizes the truth of what I'm saying in this article. My source for the fact that the U.S. is equally productive now as 2006 with millions less workers is from CNN News on TV.

The other difficult fact about this is that people who don't have enough money ( they aren't middle class or above) tend to lose their de facto rights in an economy like this and to further lose useful representation. This kind of dynamic tends to create starvation, illnesses and death and under some circumstances it also creates bloody revolutions until everyone gets properly covered in regard to food, shelter, clothing and medicine here in the civilized world.

Under these kinds of conditions it is also likely that populations in third world nations and even in second  world nations will tend to reduce because of starvation and a lack of jobs.

However, since this kind of thing is very uneven around the world some people are solving this problem by using their skills in other countries that will hire them and pay them for their skills. However, one's rights in that country might not be the same as here. So, studying about this might be important for one to both succeed and to prosper under these specific circumstances. And lastly, "Where there's a will to survive there's a way!"

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