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I'm surprised truck driving used to be a "road to the middle class" in USA. It's one of the shittiest jobs and requires almost zero higher brain function. I'm p

I'm surprised truck driving used to be a "road to the middle class" in USA. It's one of the shittiest jobs and requires almost zero higher brain function. I'm pretty sure you can train a brain damaged person to reasonably drive a truck across the country. This job should never have been able to lift anybody into middle class. Glad to see that truckers are feeling the pinch. If they are even a bit smart, they should leave and do something else. Even repairing trucks along the Highway may be a better job. Somewhat tangential, but I hate this notion people seem to harbour, that any kind of job should be able to provide dignified living. No. If your work is shitty and super replaceable and doesn't need much brain power you will live in poverty.

analog31 9y ago
In the past, a wage job like trucking wasn't a road to the middle class. It was the middle class. I grew up in what was supposedly a middle class neighborhood -- little tract houses, families with one wage earner, and one stay-at-home parent. A lot of the adults worked in the car plants, steel mill, machine shops, or other jobs that didn't require college education. Among those with college degrees, many didn't earn substantially more than the wage workers, e.g., school teachers, nurses, etc.
- dingo_bat 9y ago
  Exactly, and that's what I'm surprised about.
Voyage_wanderer 9y ago
Apparently, you know very little about the job and how much brain function (mind you, I didn't say education) it requires. And how difficult it is.(just search London taxi drivers study in your favorite search engine) And, at its base lavel how underpaid it is. Last time I checked, 9/10 of Arkansas working population was involved in trucking or logistic industry. As a side note. Automizing this job will bring total and enormous poverty to US
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analog31 9y ago

In the past, a wage job like trucking wasn't a road to the middle class. It was the middle class. I grew up in what was supposedly a middle class neighborhood -- little tract houses, families with one wage earner, and one stay-at-home parent. A lot of the adults worked in the car plants, steel mill, machine shops, or other jobs that didn't require college education. Among those with college degrees, many didn't earn substantially more than the wage workers, e.g., school teachers, nurses, etc.

dingo_bat 9y ago
Exactly, and that's what I'm surprised about.

Voyage_wanderer 9y ago

Apparently, you know very little about the job and how much brain function (mind you, I didn't say education) it requires. And how difficult it is.(just search London taxi drivers study in your favorite search engine) And, at its base lavel how underpaid it is. Last time I checked, 9/10 of Arkansas working population was involved in trucking or logistic industry. As a side note. Automizing this job will bring total and enormous poverty to US

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