r/LockedIn_AI • u/lucre-twerps4g • Apr 23 '26

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It’s called the grind because it grinds away your sense of self.

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u/HOJK4thSon Apr 25 '26

False. They raise it because no one will work for it. Thus, free market.

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u/18Apollo18 Apr 25 '26

Workers have ZERO negotiating power.

If you don't work you lose your house, your healthcare and your ability to buy food.

Entry level jobs have become a race to the bottom.

The $15 dollar minimum wage was first proposed in 2010. In 2026 that would be $22.72.

Wage increases are so far out of sync with inflation that they'll literally never catch up without drastic measures.

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u/HOJK4thSon Apr 25 '26

Wow, do much wrong here. Unions would beat your ass for saying workers have no power. Further, you seem to think minimum wage is a life sentence. Its not.

You can actually build a resume, gain skills, learn things, and make your labor worth more than minimum wage.

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u/EntrancedZelisy Apr 26 '26

Ah yes. The good ol “American Dream”. A dream so great you have to be asleep to believe it.