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Subject: Re: Guardian Almost Makes Sense
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On 5/4/2025 1:27 PM, bitrex wrote:
> I have a relative who works at a business college, count the number of BMWs, 
> Mercedes, and Ferraris in the parking lot vs the number of them at the average 
> steel mill circa 1985 you'll see how the "service economy" sold itself.
> 
> You're there grinding your life and health away for a lower middle class salary 
> while your buddy in sales at the local car dealership just made $47,000 in 
> commission alone in 1985 dollars that year and you're like "huh that's 
> interesting"

Of course, *we* are all service economy providers.  We may DESIGN
things but we don't actually MAKE them.  Just like the architect that
designs a building but never touches any mortar.

Services require a different set of "investments".  Note how much
money flows to "insurance" (assurance in brit-speak) which
"produces" nothing. (it's an enabler)

The youngsters being sold the "go into the trades" line will only discover
their mistake when they get old and their body can no longer "service"
the needs of that trade.  Of course, by then, they will be so incredibly
obsolete that "reeducation" will just be hand-waving.