11-03-2022, 10:08 PM
I am a retail worker, live alone and pay all my own bills, so I am about as close to your definition of a "slave" as you can get. Let's take a look at what this "slave" salary can get me
- I eat a relatively healthy diet
- I drink a variety of high quality teas every day
- I have enough money for occasional car maintenance/repairs as needed
- I visit state and national parks up in the mountains 1-4 times a month
- I have a gym membership
- I have a fairly large TV, a netflix account and several video game systems
- I buy (audio) books like it's going out of style
- I have consistent food and shelter
- I don't have to deal with particularly abusive people
...and with all this, I can still save about $200 a month without having to be insanely frugal. Point is: if you compare me to about 90% of the world's population, I have a very good life. I am not, never have been, and never will be a fucking "slave". There are plenty of people in the US who are poorer than me and have far harder lives than I do. I even support a good number of policies that would improve working conditions for several occupations and have mixed opinions on things like socialized healthcare. My point is that job and income alone are not a good indicator of if someone is a "slave", and that in spite of my on-paper "low status", I have nothing to be resentful for.
PS: I actually have two jobs. My second is as a professional prop trader, but as I'm reinvesting all my profits and have yet to pay myself, it's actually costing me more than it's making me at present, so, if anything, it only furthers my point.
- I eat a relatively healthy diet
- I drink a variety of high quality teas every day
- I have enough money for occasional car maintenance/repairs as needed
- I visit state and national parks up in the mountains 1-4 times a month
- I have a gym membership
- I have a fairly large TV, a netflix account and several video game systems
- I buy (audio) books like it's going out of style
- I have consistent food and shelter
- I don't have to deal with particularly abusive people
...and with all this, I can still save about $200 a month without having to be insanely frugal. Point is: if you compare me to about 90% of the world's population, I have a very good life. I am not, never have been, and never will be a fucking "slave". There are plenty of people in the US who are poorer than me and have far harder lives than I do. I even support a good number of policies that would improve working conditions for several occupations and have mixed opinions on things like socialized healthcare. My point is that job and income alone are not a good indicator of if someone is a "slave", and that in spite of my on-paper "low status", I have nothing to be resentful for.
PS: I actually have two jobs. My second is as a professional prop trader, but as I'm reinvesting all my profits and have yet to pay myself, it's actually costing me more than it's making me at present, so, if anything, it only furthers my point.
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