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Subject: Re: Wage Rates: Unions, Minimum Wage Laws, and Employer Oligopoly
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 23:05:32 EST
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I have seen this "dark satanic mills" quote before, and rebutted it
before.

The synopsis of the rebuttal is:

Human beings have adapted thru various technological/economic
revolutions (you didn't even mention the Agricultural Revolution!).
All that Weiner has pointed out is that people will shift
into different jobs as certain jobs become obsolete or are best
handled by machines.  This process has been going on since
(at least!) the Agricultural Revolution.

(As it happens, the long-term future of the job market is in
*technological* and *entertainment* areas, due to growth of technology
and increased leisure time).

As for a system based on "human values", isn't that exactly what we
have -- a system based on what humans value?  Or did you have some
philosophical goal in mind?
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam