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“You are paid what your work is valued.”

I just fundamentally cannot wrap my head around this argument. I've been seeing it more and more recently and I do not understand how anyone that didn't eat glue as a child can believe it. It's been running laps in my head all week because I just do not get how people actually get to this point. “You are paid by the value of your job in society”. You'd honestly have to be a fucking idiot to say this with your whole chest. Fucking EMTs in my area are paid $17. The nurse at my work used to work as a CNA for 7 fucking dollars an hour. I clean literal shit off toilets for Hallmark for fucking $14, $12 in the beginning of the year. HOW are none of these jobs valuable? Anyone that says this shit doesn't deserve to set foot in a restaurant, retail store, or their…


I just fundamentally cannot wrap my head around this argument. I've been seeing it more and more recently and I do not understand how anyone that didn't eat glue as a child can believe it. It's been running laps in my head all week because I just do not get how people actually get to this point. “You are paid by the value of your job in society”. You'd honestly have to be a fucking idiot to say this with your whole chest.

Fucking EMTs in my area are paid $17. The nurse at my work used to work as a CNA for 7 fucking dollars an hour. I clean literal shit off toilets for Hallmark for fucking $14, $12 in the beginning of the year.

HOW are none of these jobs valuable? Anyone that says this shit doesn't deserve to set foot in a restaurant, retail store, or their own job site, because you do not value the work it takes just for you to be able to use these spaces.

Fuck this personal responsibility tripe. I fucking hate it.

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