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Book Review: Fussell on Class

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136 points DaoIsTheWay | 1 comments | 05 Mar 21 02:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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not_a_moth ◴[05 Mar 21 10:57 UTC] No.26355404[source]▶
Would love to see the 40 year update...

Shelling out our industrial/manufacturing economy for a "services economy" + big government/welfare economy has ended the middle class; meanwhile the political class (and media) have consolidated into a front group for an increasingly hidden ruling class/aristocracy, who like the companies behind shell companies are pretty hard to identify and lampoon.

This of course would be an intriguing book to read should someone dare to write it.

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NoImmatureAdHom ◴[05 Mar 21 15:10 UTC] No.26357634[source]▶
An aside, but I constantly hear that The U.S.'s industrial/manufacturing sector has been gutted, but I also constantly hear that we're manufacturing more than ever before. What's going on? Is it an absolute number vs. a proportion of GDP issue? Or is it employment vs. production output (output being higher per employee now because of automation)?
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Stronico ◴[05 Mar 21 16:16 UTC] No.26358497[source]▶
More production per worker - due to automation and other efficiency improvements.
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1. throwaway0a5e ◴[05 Mar 21 16:36 UTC] No.26358786[source]▶
>due to automation and other efficiency improvements.

Which is due to OSHA, HR and other overhead increases.

Which is due to...(I dunno but probably some sort of economic surplus)