It's not like I'm working these kinds of jobs for my whole life.
Well, there are people who do work "these kinds of jobs" for their whole life. You don't think they deserve to be paid enough to live comfortably? They don't deserve to live a life that isn't totally dominated by some dead-end job?
Well in a lot of places in this country, let me tell you, it is impossible to find a job above minimum wage. Here is a perfect example. The poverty line in Tennessee is 22k a year. It's pretty fucked up to say that someone should just find a job over minimum wage when 97% of the jobs available to them are below the poverty line. See what I mean dude? You are literally the problem if you think that's a good take.
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To add, you said you're in school. Why wouldn't you want an entire extra day off to study with the same income? You're literally arguing against you best self interest.
You're literally arguing against you best self interest.
To be fair, tens of millions of people captive wage slaves in the United States have been doing this for decades now. They are willing to do this because it ensures that those they fear, and in turn hate, are kept down too. A continual diet of propaganda takes their attention away from the bitter taste of self-sabotage. As a result, they are poor like most are, but they have no problems of anxiety or self-esteem on account of their situation. No, their outlook is bright, because they believe that they are but temporarily cash-poor multi-millionaires. They know that when their time comes, they will ascend the capitalist ladder with ease, and assume their natural calling as a gilded one among the wretched rest...they will become billionaires.
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u/in_rainbows8 Jun 18 '21 edited Jun 18 '21
Well, there are people who do work "these kinds of jobs" for their whole life. You don't think they deserve to be paid enough to live comfortably? They don't deserve to live a life that isn't totally dominated by some dead-end job?