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> Also, awkward to talk about how you pay someone a barely living wage as an excuse to not do it yourself. Guess how much they make if you don’t pay them? It’
by kortilla 4y ago
> Also, awkward to talk about how you pay someone a barely living wage as an excuse to not do it yourself.
Guess how much they make if you don’t pay them?
It’s better for everyone if someone who can make more money per hour uses that higher earning power to offload lower income tasks to people in those jobs.
- midoridensha 4y agoExactly. This is why it's immoral to cook your own food for dinner, for instance, instead of going to a restaurant or hiring a personal chef.
- latchkey 4y agoNice sarcasm. My thought as well. Where do you draw the line?
- midoridensha 4y agoIt's really simple: if you want to do something yourself, do it. If you want to pay someone to do it for you, do that. There's many reasons you might choose one route or the other, and they're all valid. Ignore sanctimonious assholes who tell you that you should support workers just because.
- kortilla 4y agoBasic logic fail. I didn’t say it was immoral to do it yourself. I said it was good to support the worker (from both the worker and the payers’ perspectives), not bad. The view I replied to implied it would be gross to pay someone to make your meal because it’s cheap.