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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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Pfft. This article isn't nearly in depth enough on the topic.
How about the fact that minimum wage hasn't kept up with inflation? How about the fact that social security and medicare will be gutted by the time they reach elder years? If they reach those elder years at all with all the homelessness, famine, drought, war, and genocide that is already here and creeping into even the most affluent parts of society?
When you ask why kids don't want to work these days, perhaps you're not asking the right question because the better question is so uncomfortable, you'd rather not ask it?
Cuz the better question is "Why would kids even want to live in this increasingly nightmarish world my and previous generations have all had a hand in creating?"
But hey, don't worry about it. Just keep your head in the sand, keep removed about shit you don't want to understand, and count your stock options, capitalism daddy. /s
Recently the boss asked since guy why he doesn't put in more effort for the end of year evaluation and a promotion. Guy opens a spreadsheet that he'd been working on. It basically shows that even when he'd double his wage in that promotion, he still would not be able to afford a house and felt striving for a promotion in those circumstances didn't matter much. The boss left.
It's simple - just don't ever ask:-). \s :-( 🥲
And yeah, the rate of suicide (including overdosing) is quite shocking. Or depending on who you ask I would guess, "excellent" (evil laughter while wringing hands). Factors like race or even class doesn't seem to matter to them (edit: okay so they do matter, but it still happens across all of them) - globalization and mechanization means fewer workers are necessary, hence what is not necessary is irrelevant, to The (Illuminati's) Machine, that cares only for survival of the fittest. :-|
Oh, and no - "keeping removed about shit" implies things like not actively voting to take away further rights & privileges. Roe v. Wade was just the start! Next are elections and democracy itself... I only wish I could add a /s here, but from the chatter... it's no longer just a joking matter anymore? :-( That generation isn't done yet it seems, implementing the will of whatever their chosen TV Man tells them to do:-(.
Like "You Must Bow Before the Will of God" - oh so you mean like care about people, taking care of widows & orphans, pay workers the wages they are due, always show kindness and compassion even to the undeserving, stuff like that? "No, I meant lower taxes on the top 0.0000001% - and also wipe my butt for me". Ooookkkkkkaaaaayyyyyy then....
On the bright side, Gen-Z has stuff figured out - they know how to be happier, simply by not giving a shit:-D. Yes they will suffer - as will we all - but less so, having broken free from that horrible mindset that blinded their predecessors? :-)