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> zero respect in society Is that really how you see it? I've never felt that way about the contractors coming to do work at my house. On the contrary, after
by rootusrootus 4y ago
> zero respect in society
Is that really how you see it? I've never felt that way about the contractors coming to do work at my house. On the contrary, after I fork over a thousand bucks a day (minimum) for their expert work, I'm wondering if they're in fact a bit higher in the social hierarchy than I am. I feel a little self-conscious sometimes admitting that I move bits around on a screen for a living and have to hire someone to do the real work when it's time.
- andirk 4y agoI try to never pay anyone more than I make with the exception of the 1 construction contractor, physician, and possibly a drug dealer.
- Dalewyn 4y agoThere is a very real fact of the matter that society can function without programmers, but society can't function without carpenters and other such craftsmen of the trades. In fact, the vast majority of occupations today are ones society could do without as far as hard requirements are concerned. So long as there are the farmers and the trades, society will work just fine; everything additional is a luxury.
- pksebben 4y agonot sure this is true, at our scale. managing our society would be really really hard using paper and snail mail.