• harmsy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Bro if everyone moves to the jobs that pay enough to live decently, very important jobs will not get done. Our society needs manual laborers to keep everything from falling apart.

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      6 months ago

      Also, the jobs that pay decently will start to not pay decently. And now we’re back at square one

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        6 months ago

        Actually worse than square one, because in this scenario, nobody’s picking up the trash.

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      6 months ago

      I make 120k a year installing carpets lol. I absolutely bust my ass but I make more than many people I know who went to college. My dad also installed carpets for 48 years before retiring at 71. I plan to retire sooner though lol but will work for many years to come and pump.up that IRA