Job destruction is perhaps too broad a term. Itās pithy and catchy, but it includes regressive devastation. It might be more accurate to say job obsolescence.
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Eliminating jobs is progress. Thereās nothing regressive about it.
Jobs arenāt āgoodsā, economically speaking. Theyāre ābadsā.
I clearly understood your point and agree with you. Your response to me suggesting ādestroyā isnāt the most precise word is to switch to the word āeliminateā then try to convince me that Iām wrong. Weird!
Maybe youāre the type to say itās a quarter past when itās really only 13 minutes. Thatās fine, but let me explain how your assertion leads to strange results if taken literally. Which, again, maybe youāre not the type.
I kill all the bees. Iāve eliminated beekeeper jobs. Progress!
I destroy all computers. Iāve eliminated all programmer jobs. Progress!
I throw a comet at the earth and kill everyone, eliminating all jobs and inflicting maximum progress. Yay!
You are correct that there are destructive ways to eliminate certain classes of jobs. Not all methods of eliminating certain classes of jobs are universally beneficent. š