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Now imagine, you live in a real 1st world country with social democratic values.
by imafish 4y ago
Now imagine, you live in a real 1st world country with social democratic values.
- VMG 4y agoDo doctors learn about surgery on the beach in those countries? Or do they work extremely hard for years and years? Together with millions of other highly specialized and trained people that effectively pay for the social safety net?
- imafish 4y agoNo, doctors and nurses learn their skills in the free, public, pretty high-quality education. I can only speak for my own country - but becoming a doctor is highly attractive here in spite of it being hard work. Nurses, not that attractive, but they are paid a decent middle class salary as compensation for the hard work.
- GrigoriyMikh 4y agoHow country with these values will motivate someone to work as a doctor/nurse/etc? These are extremely stressful jobs, so someone working them need to have, as well, extremely high motivation.
- imafish 4y agoI would assume their motivation is money and having a job with high purpose.
- 1270018080 4y ago1st world countries with social democratic values seem to do it with money.
- KSteffensen 4y agoI would rather work as an engineer building stuff than sit on a beach all day. Also, there's good stress and bad stress. Treating someone with an acute cardiac arrest is probably quite stressful, but also very meaningful. Dealing with your boss having an 'episode' and needs some slide set reworked by 12 o'clock is stressful but also pretty devoid of any larger meaningful purpose.
- mmmpop 4y agoOh, is that why there are so many medical schools in the Caribbean? This thread has been so enlightening.
- chaostheory 4y agoCountries with good social safety nets need good economies to support it. Good economies are created and maintained with high productivity from hard work.
- imafish 4y agoAnd a good social safety net helps the workforce maintain the productivity by keeping it healthy and educated. Furthermore, it removes concerns about health care insurance, sudden unemployment, education for the kids, etc. I see the tax I pay as an investment in the people and society. Society helped me get good health care and take a good education, even though I come from what would be a lower class home in much of the world. I pay that gift forward to someone else - very likely to be people in my own family.