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I thought hard work would be enough to make a living.
In fairness to yourself, it used to be.
But they're not being entrepreneurs! /s
Along those lines...my dad worked hanging drywall in new houses. I went to work with him many times. He busted his ass all day, sweating and covered in gypsum dust, blazing heat with hardly any ventilation, to bring home little pay.
On one of the rides in to work with him it occurred to me that if pay were decided by level of effort, he would be rich. Guys that wear ties to work and sit in air conditioned offices with their pencils and pens...they were living the easy life and making much more than their worth as I saw it.
Honestly that naivety hasn't fully left me in adulthood. I have more appreciation for many office jobs, but the people who put their bodies on the line for work in shitty conditions are not paid nearly enough by and large. It's a fucking criminal arrangement.
I do both sides of this at my work, both office and do real work. I keep telling the guys who don't do the office part that they are the ones that should earn the most. Most of them are old and just think they are fine as is sadly. This mentality is sad imo.
I wonder where I would be if my work ethic didn't get raped for all its worth.
At one point in time, it was. Now it's the opposite.
Did depend on what race you were mind you.
Everybody forgets this. The time when "a single income could provide housing, transportation, and collage for a family of four" only existed for white men. Thinking this was universal is just lefty false nostalgia nauseatingly similar to MAGA.
It'd also depend heaviliy on the country too
No, everyone forgets the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
I don't know anyone left leaning who thinks that
Or it's your American defaultism showing.
You can, just not at the same company. You just have to hop jobs as soon as you get experience.