>>17577921 (pb)
Post about employed people being disabled at an alarming rate due to vaccine mandates.
I just wanted to throw this out there: Parts of the world are being "deindustrialized" (for good or for ill). Typically, large scale manufacturing has gone hand in hand with "employment".
I have a thesis that the bloom is off the rose for "employment". A young person would, I think be better off learning a trade that can be pursued independently or doing a number of other things besides being "employed". How about farming, full time parenting/housekeeping (gasp, I know, but some might rather care for their own homes and families than take a "jab" for an employer that doesn't respect them) or even working under short term contract.
I once had an idea about a way to keep "employment" and "management" in better balance. A lot (not all) of skills for manufacturing can translate from work place to work place. A regional employment agency could handle the paperwork and HR functions for the interested manufacturers in their region. People could work with the agency to select short or long term assignments. They could also reject employers that they heard were unpleasant to work with (no union needed). So if a manufacturer is faced with increased demand they could turn to the agency and request more (already trained) workers. The agency would recruit the necessary people and then when demand cools the workers could leave and/or get new assignments. From an employee perspective this could be fantastic. If you need time off just finish an assignment or don't accept new ones.
The above is one of the few ways in which I would consider working in a manufacturing environment if I were young. I saw too many plants force "mandatory" overtime during one season and then lay people off the next.
Big caveat to any form of employment is that we need to end government confiscation of income.