
We wonder why young immigrant men join IS? We wonder why some Swedes become criminals and others start with drugs or alcohol? Why do so many people smoke? Of course there are individual reasons, but in the vast majority of cases a job with decent conditions and fair pay for everyone willing and able to work would solve most problems. A secure job provides character-building routines and a meaningful togetherness. There must be good jobs at all levels for everyone. The differences between the jobs at the top and the others should not be very large. Everyone is needed and must be made to feel needed. Everyone must be allowed to contribute on their own terms. The fact that people do not have to work themselves to death drives the inventions of labor-saving machines, robots and computers. Even the ancient Romans and Greeks had steam engines, but they mostly used them for toys and self-opening temple doors, because if they used them in production, the slaves would have nothing to do. Expensive labor with good conditions drives the automation. If automation becomes total, then we get to tax companies more and create jobs in the public sector.
For those who lose their jobs during economic crises, there must be generous social insurance and benefits. For reasons of equality and so that employment-creating consumption is not reduced in a recession, the loss of income must be minimal. In Sweden, we had the lowest capitalist unemployment and generous security systems in Sweden, until the citizens destroyed this model in 1991.
The unemployed must also be offered high-quality retraining opportunities for the new industries where the jobs of the future are created.
Those who are still unable to work at all must, in order to maintain equality and public health and consumption, be offered generous sickness benefits and sickness benefits and the opportunity for meaningful togetherness.
The employers of those who can only work to a limited extent must be offered wage subsidies, so that society collectively ensures that everyone is economically employable.