Message from @Arch-Fiend
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I don't even make $70,000 a year.
i barely make that with a degree
So maybe there's a reason people mine, then?
its a dangerous job
Some people like Danger.
farming is slightly less dangerous
yeah, but what happens if all these men getting kicked out of school or not going to college flood the market
If I had the option to start working as a bike courier again, I'd do it.
though people die farming all the time, lots of people die all at once when mining goes wrong
So much damn fun zipping in and out of traffic.
and on the flip side, what happens when those mining jobs disappear
there is only so much minable resources inside the US
we gonna hopefully be mining asteroids by then?
```But miners and their families here say that as compelling as the money is pride in an industry in which generations of West Virginians have invested their blood, sweat and tears.```
weve never come close to depleting all resources from the earth, what we actually do is get to the point of the resources left being very hard to find
did i say earth?
i said US
same deal
same principle.
Yeah, I see Arch's side on that.
okay, fine, we have mined all the cheap stuff HERE, but not elsewhere
same point, do these people leave the country for work now?
aint no where to go
generations of Virginians now need to leave Virginia?
I really wish I could post a picture right now.
asia and europe are cheeply mined out now, south america, africa, australia, and antartica are the only contanents that dont have their surfaces almost completely scowered
the future of mining when cheep mining is done is either in those contanents or more expensive mining
hopefuly with technologic advancements to keep that cost down
however when mining gets expensive its not the people up top who are going to take smaller paychecks
just like how its not people up top who take smaller paychecks in farming
less farmers are nessicary to farm the same land while they are also paid less than that labor may actually be worth because the desire of the consumer is always for more to the extent that you could reduce the amount of food consumed in the united states by 60% without anyone NEEDING to starve but people will starve anyway because of unequal distribution of food
demand for food has actually reduced its value strangely
because its gotten so much easier to produce
demand didn't make it cheaper, the cost of production went down
i supose
and the laborers producing it didint see much benefit from that
farming seems to be historically unfriendly for labor
its often the work of slaves in history, when its not, usually farmers would be disrespected by land owners
sometimes you get a society with respect for farming but doesent seem to last