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Is privilege bad? Does anyone get anything without demanding it? To my knowledge, nothing has ever happened without someone saying “enough is enough” and walk

• greedo 4y ago
  Assuming everyone has the same privileges is how we end up with companies taking advantage of employees. Businesses know that the friction of job-hunting limits how many people will leave a company when they only get a 2% raise. They know that employees don't like to uproot their families to move across country for a new job. They know that if they continue to indoctrinate employees with the idea that discussing salary is bad, it helps keep wages down. They know that pushing for uncompensated overtime for salaried employees is rarely ever resisted. They know the power dynamic between employers and employees is almost always skewed dramatically in their favor. They know that promoting myths like Horatio Alger, and "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" reinforces the idea that the only thing holding people back is their lack of work ethic. As George Carlin said, "It's a big club and you ain't in it!"