How do people live the day to day struggle for survival working menial jobs and not asking for more? Why do people not push themselves? I just don't get it. I recently got a job at Dennys as a cook. This is probably the worst job i've ever had. I do this for money to pay some bills here and there while I attend college. There's a couple people there who are middle-aged and still do this, working retail and food service with a sub $10 per hour paycheck. And it seems like there's no shortage of labor here either... just moving from job to job taking what they can get.
This got me wondering... are people really satisfied doing sh¡t menial jobs like this. Do they not realize the world is for the taking? Why settle for minimum wage crap. Or is it because the system is keeping them down? Apparently we are all created equal... but this isn't the case because we'd all be CEOs. I just don't know what to think of people who've been working at K-mart for 15 years working the cash register just where they started. Can they not get further in life because they don't want to ... they aren't smart enough to... or is it just not possible for them based on their appearance, age, race, religon etc..
Or is it simply capitalism at work? The rich get richer and the poor get poorer...Simple analogy would be a question from a test i recently took... "In Russia everyone could purchase a loaf of bread for 10cents, but they'd have to wait in line for 6 hours to get it, and Americans would say how terrible. In America, anyone can purchase bread for a dollar, but 10% of the population could not afford it, and the Russians would say how terrible." Who was/is right?
I don't even know where to go with this anymore. Who do we blame poverty on... the people or the system? Can it be fixed? Do you really care if you're living the high life?
This got me wondering... are people really satisfied doing sh¡t menial jobs like this. Do they not realize the world is for the taking? Why settle for minimum wage crap. Or is it because the system is keeping them down? Apparently we are all created equal... but this isn't the case because we'd all be CEOs. I just don't know what to think of people who've been working at K-mart for 15 years working the cash register just where they started. Can they not get further in life because they don't want to ... they aren't smart enough to... or is it just not possible for them based on their appearance, age, race, religon etc..
Or is it simply capitalism at work? The rich get richer and the poor get poorer...Simple analogy would be a question from a test i recently took... "In Russia everyone could purchase a loaf of bread for 10cents, but they'd have to wait in line for 6 hours to get it, and Americans would say how terrible. In America, anyone can purchase bread for a dollar, but 10% of the population could not afford it, and the Russians would say how terrible." Who was/is right?
I don't even know where to go with this anymore. Who do we blame poverty on... the people or the system? Can it be fixed? Do you really care if you're living the high life?
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