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Strippers or bartenders.
I wouldn't consider either blue collar. I'd say maybe gray collar. Those are both service industry customer facing jobs. Work for sure but not in the blue collar bucket.
Stripper would be no collar.
Lol
Striping is manual labor and bartending is a skilled trade.
I disagree with applying the blue collar label. In the same way corrections officer or being an er doc is a skilled position with manual labor. I still wouldn't consider either blue collar even though they fit the criteria you're prescribing. But you can choose to think however you want. I feel like if we go down this road you'll just be intentionally obtuse either way though.
Just keep in mind who made these distinctions to divide the working class. And how they are used to justify lower wages for certain people. These "grey collar" service industry jobs are actually pink collar jobs. So named because they are historically primarily filled by women.
Do you believe every job, period, is of equal importance and should be compensated equally? I'm positive both a stripper and a bar tender make considerably more money than a laborer (even in the laborors union) on a construction site. About 20-23 dollars an hour. Non union would typically be just above minimum wage. Are you saying the laborer should be making the 45-55 the master plumber installing the gas lines on that same site makes? Is it the esoteric "they" or is it common sense to compensate different levels/types of work differently.
I think they did their jobs well because you're worried about keeping fellow wage earners down as opposed to lifting them up.
At no point did I say or imply all wages should be equal. But what I did say is those divisions in the laboring class you are so worried about are designed to divide and minimize working class people so that the ownership class can exploit them. And you seem to be playing your part quite nicely.
So what would justify a difference in wage between two individuals? In your opinion.
You're not getting the point.
Do your views allow you to answer my question? Or would your answer show that your stance is illogical and hypocritical? If everyone shouldn't be paid the same, what factors justify a difference in wage among profession?
Enjoy doing the work of the ruling class. Your superiority complex suits you to it.
So that's a no? You don't have the ability to articulate a stance ? Way to have an opinion without being able to defend it in any way. Booooooo you stink