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this is a tired old complaint and anybody could say the same about pretty much any job that pays more than their own. Telling blue collar workers you work in t
by warent 5y ago
this is a tired old complaint and anybody could say the same about pretty much any job that pays more than their own.
Telling blue collar workers you work in tech usually gets a nearly identical reaction to what you just gave. etc etc.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoYeah, and what's wrong with that reaction? I'm supposed to just accept this stuff? The blue collar workers are right too. They should be getting paid a lot more. Certainly not less than streamers. It's not fair and I refuse to accept it. Come to think of it, advertisers seem to be a major cause of these distortions. They distort the value of activities that happen to have an audience. Yet another reason to block ads: help restore balance to society by ensuring people are properly rewarded for the actual value of their work instead of how many eyeballs they can summon.
- nlitened 5y agoWhy wouldn’t you start a business, and pay blue collar workers what they deserve?
- matheusmoreira 5y agoBecause that's not the field of work I chose for myself. I do see construction workers on a daily basis though. I also know the owner of a construction company, he's part of my extended family. The wealth disparity between the workers and my family member is obscene. There's no way I'll ever believe they couldn't be paid better wages.
- zthrowaway 5y agoThere’s a very large nearly endless supply of laborers that can do this type of work though. The more niche your skill set the higher you can demand in pay. This is economics 101. You are putting this into a moral space that doesn’t reflect economic realities.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoSo? There are so many economic realities which we explicitly disallow. Monopolies, for example. Why should this exploitation be allowed to go on?
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