[ClearCase_guy]

If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be almost no unemployment.

Just sayin'

[driftdiver]

Amazing how these people will make these stupid claims as they play iphones, laptops, and HDTVs.

[lmsii]

Technology (automobiles) eliminated buggy whip manufacturers and all of the jobs employed in that industry.

Just saying.

[Pelham]

“If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be almost no unemployment.”

Back to the future.

Damn that Jethro Tull and his improved seed drill!

[Drill Thrawl]

If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be almost no unemployment

That's what the enviro sucm want. After killing off a few billion first.

[cynwoody]

If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be almost no unemployment.

Just sayin'

And, by definition, we'd all be dirt poor.

Much better to live a rich lifestyle, supported by global capitalism, while tolerating unemployment for the lazy and the stupid as well as the inevitable income inequality that a capitalist, market-driven meritocracy necessarily creates.

[denydenydeny]

If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be almost no unemployment. Just sayin'

Yup. And ancient Egypt, when they were building the pyramids by hand, was a "full employment economy."

[JadeEmperor]

>> If we were all subsistence level farmers, there would be
>> almost no unemployment.

But such existence is hard, brutal and a constant struggle. How many people you know actually live completely off the grid using 18th-19th century amenities?