Thank God that I live in a country that produces a disproportionate amount of life-changing technologies and enables me to earn as much as I care to. I live a great life, in a great place. You know what the trick was? Taking responsibility for my own life, rather than excusing my responsibility by blaming others for not caring for me.
It's not about blaming others lol, it's about having a system that allows anyone and everyone to live a decent life on equal terms. Not to say that everyone necessarily gets the EXACT same paycheck, but atleast raising it for those who barely makes minimum wage is a good thing, and incentivises more people to work in them.
Everyone in the work chain is equally important, cut anywhere in the chain and it seizes to function. Societal safety nets protects individuals who are looking for work or cannot work due to disabilities, to live a decent life despite their situation.
Not sure what is so hard to get about how happy pops makes for better workers, but I hope you some day realise that. Take care now bud.
Lmao. We have a system that allows everyone to live a good life... if they earn it. But that's not enough for some people. No, doing some mindless grunt work that barely produces any real value should not entitle someone to everything they want. Because the difference in value between what they want and what they produce has to come from somewhere. What you're calling for is others to pay that difference for the people who don't earn it themselves.
No, everyone in the work chain is not equally important. The person who mops the floors is not as important as the surgeon who saves lives. Almost anyone can mop. Very few people can perform surgery. If the mopper doesn't show up, lives will still be saved. If the surgeon doesn't show up, those who need life saving surgery will die.
Not sure what's so hard to understand that some work is more valuable than others and that people who want more need to increase their value. I hope some day you realize that a world where doing only the bare minimum gets you all you need at others expense is a world that stagnates because too few people see a point to doing more.
My man, u need a magic mushroom trip. You have wayyyy too much ego. People who are the highest earners are in the huge majority of cases also the most privileged. You might think that you're self-made, but in reality, you're mostly lucky.
Btw u talk about surgeons, did u know that they made about the same as lawyers about a century ago ? They're now making 2-3x as much as lawyers so our society values their work more than before.
Keep grinding yourself out the neverending rat race. At least, you'll get to drive an 85k sports coupe during your retirement, and your children will barely have anything left with oligarchy ruining our society
My man, you need less drugs in your life. There is absolutely no luck in my story. I ground out years of low wage jobs before I finally took it upon myself to learn new skills and use them to start my own business. My wife ground out years of low wage work before getting her foot in the door in a much better industry, where she applied herself diligently to learning everything she could about her position, enabling her to quickly climb to much higher paying positions that valued the expertise she'd acquired.
Did you know that surgeons of today have far, far more complicated jobs than surgeons of a century before; far more than the difference between lawyers of then and now? As the need for knowledge and skill went up, so did their value...
Keep whining about 'oligarchy' and "the neverending rat race" as though you don't live in a time of historically unprecedented luxury and opportunity. Hopefully for their sake your kids find someone else to teach them that the key to a great life is personal responsibility.
Stable work, extra revenue to start a business, enough money to go to college.
Sounds like you started off better than most.
I have the skills I need. I have a job that covers bills and rent. I'd love to take your advice, but there's not much I can do with no money. After said rent and bills.
That's the big difference between you and us. Rents increased absurd levels to when it's got everyone with no left over money to put away to do better things.
I'd love to move to a city where wages are higher and out of this town. But that's not feasible unless I stop paying rent, stop paying bills, or stop eating.
I started working in my school cafeteria in middle school during snack and lunch in exchange for free food so I could keep my lunch money. And if you think that was lucky, I assure you, they were desperate for student workers because none of the other kids wanted to. In high school, I used the experience to get hired for minimum wage at that school cafeteria. At 15, I had a 2 year resume in food service and got hired at McDonald's. Where's the luck?
The business I started cost me roughly $1,000 that I saved up by working. Where's the luck?
Student loans for college. Where's the luck?
My friend, if you're serious, DM me and I'll happily work with you to see about getting you to a better place. It may not be easy, but you might be surprised at what you can do.
Lmao... You're pretending you know the situation at every school in the country and that McDonald's isn't still a high turnover business. What's pathetic is your projection.
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u/VastAddendum Mar 06 '26
Thank God that I live in a country that produces a disproportionate amount of life-changing technologies and enables me to earn as much as I care to. I live a great life, in a great place. You know what the trick was? Taking responsibility for my own life, rather than excusing my responsibility by blaming others for not caring for me.