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Peter Gibbons: Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. And invariably what you'd say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic.

Samir: So what did you say?

Peter Gibbons: I never had an answer. I guess that's why I'm working at Initech.

Michael Bolton: No, you're working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars.




Only if everyone ended up having a million dollars :)

Jobs like that are supposed to be transitional, for students, etc, and they tend to be automated away. There isn't a real need for every human on earth to work, so it's feasible that everyone could focus at least part-time on what they really want. That's what tends to happen in advanced societies (more time spent on voluntary activities vs employment).


Too bad the U.S. is stuck on 40hrs/week, every week of the year and funneling profits up to the top of the corporate food chain.


>>Only if everyone ended up having a million dollars :)

If that actually happened, it wouldn't be that great. A million dollars would just be worth a lot less real fast.


You're fixating on the dollar amount. Other formulations of the concept:

* What if everyone had the purchasing power of one million 2013 US dollars?

* What if there were such an excess of capital that every human being had the equivalent of a $25k - $35k minimum yearly income?


Isn't the first point pretty much the same?

The second one... come to think of it, wouldn't it also have the same effect, but just take a bit longer?




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