It's ok to be angry about Capitalism

[SvennoJ]

Chrkeller said:

SvennoJ said:

That's why I love Mike Rowe and his Dirty Jobs series. Highlighting the work that keeps the lights on. And the ongoing theme is, can't find any people willing to do the hard work anymore and thus our infrastructure is literally falling apart all around us. Bridges, sewers, power lines, water mains, railroad tracks, it's all in dire need of upgrades and maintenance. All these jobs pay good money, but it's hard work and people rather sip there latte while browsing the internet in their comfy office or nowadays from home.

This.  People want easy jobs that require no skills....  that also pays well...  I mean sure, who doesn't want an unicorn that craps gold?  

Does our economic system need readjustments?  Sure.  But people also need to make better choices.  Stop picking jobs that have no demand and stop buying luxury items that aren't required.  There is a use behaviour issue built into this issue.  

Certainly there are exceptions, but people who get paid well (largely) aren't doing jobs they love.  We do it for the money.  And if somebody doesn't want to make the same sacrifice, that is fine, but stop whining that I have more.  I was given more, I've simply earned more.

These jobs pay well now because nobody wants to do them and we stopped teaching the skills required for them. And if you watch the show, it's mostly family owned small businesses that take advantage of this gap in the market. Doing the stuff they love to do.

People who do it for the money, or rather just to survive, are mostly stuck in crappy jobs, unable to do anything to improve their situation.

But true, it's also a behavior issues, carefully groomed by capitalism and consumerism, spurred on by over a century of marketing. In 2021 the US spend nearly 300 billion on marketing, that's more than the yearly federal budget on education. Stop wasting all that money on advertising useless luxury items :/