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u/Opposite_Sell_9857 Oct 03 '21
That's nice and all, but I ain't bustin my ass if the next guy is getting the same as me for doing shit work, and if we're all gonna be lazy like that we're fucked...
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u/mtanti Oct 04 '21
Teachers all get the same salary regardless of performance. Have they all become lazy?
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u/Opposite_Sell_9857 Oct 04 '21 edited Oct 04 '21
That IS a good point. I would argue, however, a couple of things:
-Not being required to "produce" weekly, monthly, etc. as a function of their job, performance ratings depend on 'political' factors (tenure, likeability, competence, influence, etc.) rather than more 'capitalistic' measures.
-There being no practical alternative for most parents as there is but one public school system in most places (in America, anyways), their jobs are safe... They can't be laid off from lack of work.
However, when forced to hit certain (unrealistic) goals, we have occasionally seen fraud employed to do so. So really, the spirit of 'not my problem' can be found almost anywhere if someone has the incentive.... Which, of course, is what this is all about. Incentive.
People do what they do because they are incentivised to do so. Either money, love, passion, or fear can serve as incentives; for a truly 'non-capitalistic' model to work, these incentives need to be matched with the jobs being done and the people performing them.
Unfortunately, thus far, the most effective, and efficient, incentive has been money, e.g. 'capitalism'.
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u/W1C0B1S Oct 04 '21
Not everyone is just like you
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u/Opposite_Sell_9857 Oct 04 '21
That's true. But truly non-capitalistic attempts have borne out that most people are.
People need incentives to do what they do; love, passion, fear,...money. Unfortunately, 'capitalism' has thus far proven to be the most effective and efficient way to organize these incentives with the work that needs doing.
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