I don't know that I wholly agree.
I'm lucky (?) enough to have lived both worlds. I was an engineer and earned loads. Not everyone could have done my job.
Then I was made redundant and eventually worked in a warehouse counting things and loading lorries from 5 am, even on Christmas day. I got minimum wage and no overtime or extras. But ANYONE could have done that job. I was lucky to get it with the competition, and two real degrees didn't help me.
There is a lack of a correct pay scale, but there has to be a pay scale, surely?
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 1 Dec 2014, 22:10,
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Pareto had his head up his ass
Because he fails to account for wealth creation. It is not a fixed amount of resources. One does not have to lose for another to gain. Example, Bill gates became a billionaire by providing something people want. A lot of people became wealthy along the way. Even more people's lives are enhanced.
Perhaps a bit of silliness helps the resistance to reality go down. EconPop
And here
And many more, but I expect you are not really interest.
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kombu dashi, Tue 2 Dec 2014, 6:23,
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Yes there has to be reward but not to to the distorted way it is now.
I agree that people who aspire to better jobs 'do' get paid better but working in a warehouse counting things and loading lorries is just as important but totally devalued. Do bankers who fail and paid more in one week you will ever earn have more stress? They fail but but get let off and paid more to go away quietly.
The gap between the two which capitalism is based on has become totally warped. Yes the wealthy will always say they worked so hard and any bum should do the same. But what if everyone did and became Doctor, bankers and lawyers. Who would clean the bins then?
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Mon 1 Dec 2014, 22:50,
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You are missing the point I think.
Anybody can take out the bins. And that is all there is to it.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Mon 1 Dec 2014, 23:26,
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Fair point. He would be a very inefficient binman.
With few mods though...
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Tue 2 Dec 2014, 0:10,
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