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[–] [email protected] 186 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Also, it's possible to be priveliged and also understand and sympathize with the problems of other people.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I got my B.S. years early with minimal debt. Working salaried in tech since I was 18. Since I can't buy a home I know shit is royally fucked and no I will not settle for simply scrambling to the top of my peers. Let's topple the tower.

[–] Soup 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Right? I don’t make a lot but I’m lucky to have support and I do(normally) make more than twice minimum wage. Whenever someone says that I should change jobs if I want more money I seriously consider pushing them infront of traffic.

My last bosses said, and I quote, “we are not responsible for paying for your lifestyle” in response to a Google Doc I shared showing how the salary they offer for my office job was grossly underpaying me and I was being quite generous. It’s like, what the fuck do they think a salary is? It’s literally the monetary compensation that someone gets which provides the lifestyle that we expect a given job should support.

All these bosses have been told how special they are for way too long and they seem to think that we actually enjoy working for them so much that our salaries are more like a nice bonus.

[–] Test_Tickles 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Something about all the "evil boss" movies of the 80s and 90s really stuck with that generation. It's like they picked out the lowest of lows from the movie and said "you know what as long as I'm better than that I'm a good boss and people should be happy to work for me".

[–] Soup 3 points 5 days ago

Hell so many of them saw that and went “ooh maybe I can be like that someday!”

But yea, relativistic morality is a fuckin’ cancer and I hate it and the braindead people who suck so bad at life they need to find excuses like that for their shitty behaviour.

[–] Chev 1 points 5 days ago

Bullshit years?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Also, it’s possible to be privileged and have your life wrecked by this system.

Just fucking imagine what it’s like to be underprivileged and never have a chance in the first place.

[–] Shardikprime 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'd wager many of us have been both multiple times, over our lives without even realizing it.

Actually understanding this?, now that's the first step to truly understand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I’ve been in both positions – dirt poor and couldn’t get care, and also decently well-off (not rich) and still couldn’t get care, even with good insurance.

Now I’m destitute, partly because of health care debt, and am struggling to get any care at all. I seriously feel like the system actively wants me to die.