They have to be the right kind of jobs. Graeber's bullshit jobs comes to mind.
Plus having read a bit about Nepal having travelled there, many of the poor people work their arses off, but much of the money goes to absentee landlords. I think inequality of wealth is the problem more than inequality of income. The poor generally do work a lot.
For 3rd world countries that actually want to join the 1st world, this is great. But I'm afraid that we're creating a global monoculture (spreading western-style capitalism everywhere) and this is not in society's long-term best interest.
Some people might not want "jobs" as we define them. Some might not want an "economy" as we define it. I think we should do our best to shield peoples who don't want to buy in to our system from having to do it.
By no means do I want to condemn people to lives of toiling for giant multinational corporations if they would be perfectly happy being self-sufficient yet isolated.
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Let me put my thoughts first.
1. Initiate massive industrialization in the 3rd World.
2. Create as many jobs as I could.
Expected Results.
1. Massive job creation would lead to improved economy for the 3rd World, filling the gap between 3rd and the 1st World.
2. People would become busier, Literacy rate would go up, Crime and Terrorism factors will be significantly reduced.
Overall, the world would become even better and more civilized place.
No rocket science here.
PS: Bill Gates, Warren, Please don't donate money, Donate jobs.
They have to be the right kind of jobs. Graeber's bullshit jobs comes to mind.
Plus having read a bit about Nepal having travelled there, many of the poor people work their arses off, but much of the money goes to absentee landlords. I think inequality of wealth is the problem more than inequality of income. The poor generally do work a lot.
For 3rd world countries that actually want to join the 1st world, this is great. But I'm afraid that we're creating a global monoculture (spreading western-style capitalism everywhere) and this is not in society's long-term best interest.
Some people might not want "jobs" as we define them. Some might not want an "economy" as we define it. I think we should do our best to shield peoples who don't want to buy in to our system from having to do it.
By no means do I want to condemn people to lives of toiling for giant multinational corporations if they would be perfectly happy being self-sufficient yet isolated.
Massive industrialization in the 3rd world could just kill the climate machine, the biodiversity and damage the planet beyond repair for all of us.