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“...Then how do men make their way in the world? Surely they must do <span class="mu-i">something</span> to survive? To make money?”
<span class="mu-b">”Well, that's just it. There are always things to be done and work to do, but every year there is more people and less jobs. It becomes easier and easier for one man to do more work, so there are less men working. The pressure has already gone far past the tipping point- every year, labor becomes less valuable, and people become more expendable.”</span>
“I do not understand your culture. Your people are obsessed with money, but yet you claim they cannot find any trades to make it. You have an incredible economy, that all say is the richest in the world, and yet people are very poor. How can a man attract a woman without a stable trade? How can the secrets of the trade be passed from generation to generation?”
<span class="mu-b">”Well, that's just the thing. They don't. It's all a matter of economics. Work is only done by people that is too expensive or complex for machines to do yet. Even the invention of the computer and the internet destroyed millions of people's livelihoods and way to exist. There are still some <span class="mu-i">valuable</span> jobs out there- but the competition just gets worse and worse every year. There is always someone more qualified willing to work more hours for less pay then out; often an immigrant, and then you are out of your job. That's it. People only survive on the skin of their teeth and by subsidized handouts from the government.”</span>
“You seem to know much about this. What will solve this problem?”
<span class="mu-b">”The only “solution” is massively population decline. Violent, or otherwise.”</span>
“...Akule, your pot is slipping off the wheel. Focus on your work when you speak.”
<span class="mu-b">”Ack- Sorry.”</span>
Zuj speaks less as you seem to get the hang of following the motions of his hands. Your fingers are stained with the quick- but you seem to be getting it. How do you make your first pot?
>Careful attention
>Frantic energy
>Stern Technique
>Artistic Inspiration
