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by firstplacelast 9y ago
Why is the idea of a meritocracy pushed in the US? For the same reasons. If you can convince the people who are getting fleeced that their situation is because they haven’t worked hard enough, they won’t struggle when you steal the coat off
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
How is this different than real life?
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
If you're that concerned you should vote to increase taxe the wealthy. Hell, vote to tax wealth itself. Then you won't need to worry about things like this as much.
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
Rich people are only rich because poor people aren't willing to kill themselves in large numbers. The best thing any individual can do to reduce inequality is to only contribute to institutions that do not exacerbate inequality. Is the
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
I mean an attending physician is someone with 4+ years of work experience and they get paid bank at that point, but they're salaries tend not to grow a ton after that fact. Kind of seems about right to me.
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
Software engineers are shooting themselves in the foot. When you live in a society built around greed, it is imperative that you push to collect as much of the value you create. Unions can be extremely helpful. SWE would be the perfect peop
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by firstplacelast 9y ago
Thanks for this. Every time unions are mentioned people want to turn it into a black/white issue and won't allow for shades of grey. Unions can be great for workers. They can also fuck up markets and/or workers. What's w