| free time can be an expensive burden for many welfare recipients. imagine an idle tuesday with nothing to do. no job, nothing. you could go spend some money on some entertainment, use drugs, write some graffiti, or go to the unemployment center and earn a few bucks cycling on the machine for a few hours. it'll be useful for you coz you'll get a few bucks and better health and mood and attitude from exercising.
'pointless' labor can have significant positive impacts which you are overlooking. and what makes you think that the electrical contribution will be almost nil? if we had even 1/3 of the unemployed/underemployed in america doing this for even 4 hours a day we could produce significant energy, at least on local levels.
gorgo, i quite agree with your sentiment, but i am unable to overpower the fundamental tendency for wealth to gravitate to the few without changing the way we do business, so i am proposing this as a secondary option to dramatic economic and social change. |