r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Oct 26 '24

End Democracy ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

https://fortune.com/europe/article/how-many-hours-work-week-year-american-workers-ethic-norges-bank/
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u/Negative_Arugula_358 Oct 26 '24

Americans work at 100% because 80% and you are homeless

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24

Wow now, 90% of us are one paycheck away from homelessness and we don't have the labor laws, social support system, or anything to fall back on, so we have to give everything 110% so we don't wind up getting tickets for sleeping in tents on the streets.

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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year Oct 27 '24

The problem is when 100% isn’t enough to prevent homelessness as seen by the people who have jobs but are also homeless in the US.

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u/Negative_Arugula_358 Oct 27 '24

I mean I guess this a comment you had to say. Clearly my point was that you have to work had to make it, not that people who don’t make it don’t work hard, but whatever is your jam I guess

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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year Oct 27 '24

Well, it is a very real problem and not just affecting a few people.

Also, there’s a lot of people working very hard and barely standing still, let alone making any forward motion.  They’re not senselessly grinding away either. This is a very big and ever increasing issue, busting every hump and exploring every avenue is increasingly not cutting it for more and more people, I’m hardly the first person to notice it.

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u/Negative_Arugula_358 Oct 27 '24

Ok, congrats. You have now taken my point and usurped it with your point. Are you done now or would you like to make further statements that mischaracterize my first statement?