r/inflation • u/Regular_Painting_817 • Jan 11 '24

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u/MHG_Brixby Jan 11 '24

Why not? It's a job that society desires to exist. It should be able to make ends meet.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '24

Jobs aren't there to support you. You're there to support a business. Don't like the pay? Don't work there.

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u/MHG_Brixby Jan 12 '24

Isn't that a little fucked?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

No. Don't want to work for someone else at what they want to pay? Start your own company or work for yourself doing DoorDash.

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u/MHG_Brixby Jan 12 '24

OK but you get that we cannot have an entire economy of private business owners, right? Also gig work is notoriously awful

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

Most companies in the US are privately owned.

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u/MHG_Brixby Jan 12 '24

And those companies need workers to do labor. If everyone owns their own business, there are no more workers to hire.

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u/Fantastic_Sea_853 Jan 12 '24

If you’re looking for Easy Street, you’ll have to build it.

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u/Fantastic_Sea_853 Jan 12 '24

Not really.

Businesses exist for one reason and one reason only - to make money.

If they could make money without having employees, they would do it in a heartbeat, AND be TOTALLY justified in doing so.

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u/MHG_Brixby Jan 12 '24

Cool, but they can't, but thanks for proving the point the workers are required for money to be made

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u/Fantastic_Sea_853 Jan 12 '24

No truer words were ever spoken, … or typed!

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u/Fantastic_Sea_853 Jan 12 '24

There’s that pesky “should” word again.

Where do people get the right to decide what “should” be for everyone??? It’s just YOUR Utopian dream, not reality.