[supperburg]

It doesn’t hide anything. If the price is too high then something is wrong. In your case it’s restraint on supply and in labor the problem is people who don’t know the value of what they have and never put any consideration into making themselves difficult to push around. They jump into precarious financial circumstances, but expensive things and pump out babies and when it comes time to negotiate they have zero leverage. The behavior of the average American is retarded and spoiled. That’s why people from Asia come here and shoot straight to the top — because their parents actually make deliberate decisions to advance their socioeconomic position.

[zivkovicp]

Harsh words, but true. +1

The best thing for most people to realise is that "life's not fair, deal with it".

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

A convenient philosophy for those who gain an advantage from the unfairness.

[zivkovicp]

Perhaps, but also for those that simply want to try to improve their lives without the baggage of constantly feeling that the world is oppressing them.

Personally, whatever little I have is probably 1/3 luck, 1/3 hard work, 1/3 good decision making. I've never inherited a single $1, don't have a CEO relative to hire me, etc... but what good would it do to blame the world for any of that? Life _isn't_ always fair, whatever.

[joquarky]

Exactly. I have had several opportunities in life to get a significant advancement in income, but it would have meant doing something unethical, so I passed.

[antifa]

Sounds dangerously close to "life's not fair, keep your mouth closed and do nothing about it".

[zivkovicp]

Not really, life _isn't_ fair, so do what you can to make the most of it.

No matter who you talk to, everyone will have their hardships, but complaining about it rarely makes things change for the better. I'm not saying one shouldn't advocate for change or try to change a broken system, but for your situation to improve, often the only thing you can do is just try harder and hope for a little luck.

I support the "work reform, unionize, know what you're worth" camp of this "antiwork" crowd, I 100% agree that workers should be more open about wages, try to organise and show solidarity... I'm a salaried worker myself and my quality of life is very much correlated to that of the AVG worker. That doesn't mean I believe that I can fix the world and all of its ills, nor do I care to.

edit: typo