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Correct. The right response here is not ‘pay Uber employees less’, it’s ‘pay EMTs’ more. Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up,

Correct. The right response here is not ‘pay Uber employees less’, it’s ‘pay EMTs’ more. Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up, not keeping others down.

ssully 7y ago
Unfortunately that is not the approach most people take. Oddly enough I have two friends, one an EMT and the other an RNA, both of which are paid terribly (well below $21hr), but love to share the ever popular memes that make fun of fast food workers asking for higher minimum wage. It's crazy to me that they feel taken advantage of, but decide the best option is to try and push down those who are even or below their pay grade, instead of focusing their sights higher at those at the top.
- minikites 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality >While any one crab could easily escape, its efforts will be undermined by others, ensuring the group's collective demise.
- primroot 7y ago
  The Principle of Least Action applied to human collective instincts.
SN76477 7y ago
Thank you
malandrew 7y ago
> Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up, not keeping others down. Unfortunately, that's not exactly how things end up working in practice when it comes to pay because of a pesky little thing called inflation.
- danans 7y ago
  Inflation is primarily a terrible thing for creditors, since it erodes the value of the loans they made, but when it keeps pace with general economic expansion, it's fine for workers as long as their wages keep pace with it - i.e shared prosperity. Inflation is amazing for debtors as it eats away at their debt over time, which is what happened for baby-boomers who were given the opportunity purchase property on credit during the long post-war US economic boom.

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Correct. The right response here is not ‘pay Uber employees less’, it’s ‘pay EMTs’ more. Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up,

by t-writescode 7y ago

Correct. The right response here is not ‘pay Uber employees less’, it’s ‘pay EMTs’ more. Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up, not keeping others down.

ssully 7y ago
Unfortunately that is not the approach most people take. Oddly enough I have two friends, one an EMT and the other an RNA, both of which are paid terribly (well below $21hr), but love to share the ever popular memes that make fun of fast food workers asking for higher minimum wage. It's crazy to me that they feel taken advantage of, but decide the best option is to try and push down those who are even or below their pay grade, instead of focusing their sights higher at those at the top.
- minikites 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality >While any one crab could easily escape, its efforts will be undermined by others, ensuring the group's collective demise.
- primroot 7y ago
  The Principle of Least Action applied to human collective instincts.
SN76477 7y ago
Thank you
malandrew 7y ago
> Improving society and equalizing society can mean lifting everyone up, not keeping others down. Unfortunately, that's not exactly how things end up working in practice when it comes to pay because of a pesky little thing called inflation.
- danans 7y ago
  Inflation is primarily a terrible thing for creditors, since it erodes the value of the loans they made, but when it keeps pace with general economic expansion, it's fine for workers as long as their wages keep pace with it - i.e shared prosperity. Inflation is amazing for debtors as it eats away at their debt over time, which is what happened for baby-boomers who were given the opportunity purchase property on credit during the long post-war US economic boom.