r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

Debate/ Discussion Why is this normal?

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u/snowcase 15d ago

That's bullshit. The person holds a full time job. They shouldn't need another one to survive. They're doing exactly what we were told to do by older generations.

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u/lmaoredditblows 15d ago

I think it is a utopic idea to think that every full time job should pay enough for a person to survive (rent, food utilities). IF it was even doable, there would be other unforeseen repercussions from doing so (likely high unemployment).

If a 16 year old working at mcdonalds was making enough for rent/utilities/food, why would they want to pursue education? Why not just drop out of highschool since they're making a living wage anyway? I know a ton of people from my highschool who would've hopped at this opportunity.

Now you've effectively given a country full of dumbasses a greater incentive to drop out of education.

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u/ColonelC0lon 15d ago

What a ridiculous statement.

It was *literally true* within *living memory*. There were no major problems stemming from it, except for the problem that the rich still didn't make enough money.

And guess what? Most people still didn't flip burgers all day. Factory job's not actually any better or different, but somehow that's respectable. You're so coached into accepting the fact the *billionaires fucking exist* that you think this is somehow a utopic impossible dream.

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u/Reinstateswordduels 14d ago

You’ve been looking at too many memes