• DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Like every other field, you won’t make a living wage until you are at the top. Apprenticeships aren’t possible unless you can finance it yourself these days.

    In a just world we would redistribute the excess wealth of the rich and would never allow this kind of wealth inequality to break our economies

    In reality nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives.

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      14 hours ago

      Not necessarily the top, but skilled labor demands a price. Years of experience helps you determine what to quote and the fastest most efficient turn around of a job. It’s like the $10,000 chalk X

      https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/

      Ugh ignore the end of that article where it completely misses the point and disregards the skill and effort of having to work customer service or fast food.

      The amount of emotional labor it takes to deal with the public and feed them is actual labor and the very reason anyone gets paid in that industry. Also the end of that article is a direct refutation of the analogy. Knowing how to do the labor is just as important as doing the labor. They’re linked.