Timeline for How does a government that uses undead labor avoid perverse incentives?
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| Jun 2, 2023 at 20:26 | comment | added | sharur | @GregBurghardt: But OP notes that a given corpse has a limited use and time of viability (in a comment). So it's more "Kill your ancestors, and get a small payout", not wholly unlike life insurance today (only funded by corpse labor, rather than premium payments). | |
| Jun 2, 2023 at 7:45 | comment | added | Hobbamok | @Shufflepants because such contracts are illegal, simple as that | |
| Jun 1, 2023 at 14:56 | comment | added | Shufflepants | Even if true, I can't see how this wouldn't just lead to companies buying said labor rights like they buy copyrights and such. "Hey, sure you could be earning \$3 a day from your meemaw's corpse, but we'll pay you \$1000 right now to buy her labor in perpetuity!" | |
| May 31, 2023 at 23:36 | comment | added | Greg Burghardt | This feels like an upside down pyramid scheme. Kill your ancestors, and live off their labor! What could possibly go wrong? | |
| May 30, 2023 at 23:23 | history | answered | aslum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |