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(assuming Maslow's) Is the issue that (white) people are getting past love and belonging, and getting stuck at Esteem? Where people with degrees can work past

• JadeNB 6y ago
  > A restaurant worker will not be able to create a reputation/make a difference on the scale of a well paid or educated worker. I'm sure it's what you meant, but I'd like to clarify that this is a feeling, not a fact. It's entirely possible for a restaurant worker to make a difference, just like it's entirely possible for a well paid and well educated worker to make no difference at all. (That's entirely setting aside the fact that what you do and the change you cause with your life is in no way determined by the job you're paid for.) I think the point is that society tells our less well paid and well educated workers, explicitly and implicitly, that they are worth less and can contribute less, which is what gives rise to this feeling, but also why I think it's so important to clarify that it is a feeling and not a fact.
• cultus 6y ago
  There's plenty of educated and well paid workers doing useless, "bullshit" jobs [0]. Look in the admin buildings of any university, or any sclerotic military contractor. In comparison, a friendly waiter whom people like seeing could make a far greater real-world difference. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-bullshit-job-boom https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-bullshit-jo...
  • throwanem 6y ago
    Meanwhile, the bullshit job earns six figures, while the waiter's barely scraping by.