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Any job that pays you enough to live, but not enough to get to a better place in the long run, is a dead end. When technology takes these jobs, lives will be r
by tcbawo 8y ago
Any job that pays you enough to live, but not enough to get to a better place in the long run, is a dead end. When technology takes these jobs, lives will be ruined. Many people would be better off finding something new now rather than later.
- simias 8y agoI suppose that you're right but to me your comment reads like a modern version of "let them eat cake". This vicious circle of having a shit job that pays enough to live but not enough to get a better place is specifically the problem. There used to be a time when factory workers could get a decent wage, buy a good house, buy a good car etc... And maybe eventually progress through the social layers. It's getting harder and harder. Unskilled worker's wages stagnate while rich people's incomes soar.
- tcbawo 8y agoI definitely have sympathy and empathy for people in this condition. No employee is immune. Think about whether your job will exist and afford you a comfortable lifestyle in 20 or 30 years. There doesn't appear to be an easy answer. My comment was only meant to convey that soldiering on to worry another day comes at an opportunity cost.