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This made me laugh out loud, at the sheer political naivete. Office workers earn more because they do jobs more similar to the jobs of those who allocate money
by tuatoru 3y ago
This made me laugh out loud, at the sheer political naivete.
Office workers earn more because they do jobs more similar to the jobs of those who allocate money.
- brabel 3y agoWell, your take also seem pretty naive. Salaries in non-regulated jobs are a function of supply VS demand, that's pretty much all. I would say office work does not actually pay more, it depends. Easy office-hand jobs probably pay much less than your previous job... but when it does pay more, it's simply because there's fewer people willing and capable of doing that job as a rate of the number of people actually needed for such tasks. When a job is regulated (requires license, or is protected by some law etc) the equation is skewed, usually in favour of a profession.
- whimsicalism 3y agoThis is a factor, but to say it is the factor is nonsense. Supply vs demand dynamics very much do exist. I get paid a lot, I also create measurably more than my salary in value.
- throwawawaw 3y agoSupply/demand dynamics do exist. However, it is naive to believe that supply and demand are orthogonal. Desire is mimetic: you demand what you see others demanding. 99% of everything is either a layer of misdirection or support infrastructure for a layer of misdirection.
- nojvek 3y agoIsn’t that supply and demand? You’re in demand because you create more value than you capture. Your employer loves that about you. If they could find someone cheaper who produced even more value, they’d replace you.
- whimsicalism 3y agoYes that is exactly my point
- memefrog 3y agoNo they don't. They earn more because their jobs are in more demand and there their skills are in lower supply.