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I'm an engineer with a graduate degree working in the aerospace industry doing a job only a few thousand people in the world can do, and nothing in aerospace can be done without someone doing my job. I've lived frugally, saved as much as I can, I'm healthy without any major medical expenses. I feel that I'm a functioning, productive member of society. Yet I have little hope of being able to afford a home where I live. I can barely afford to move to a less shitty apartment. My biggest cost outside of the bare necessities over the past few years has been therapy, and I'm constantly worrying about whether I can really afford it. If I'm in such a good position and barely treading water economically, how the fuck is anyone supposed to live? We're barreling toward a cliff and the rich just keep pushing on the gas.
I suspect they only want the hyperproductive/ profitable citizens to live. They don't really care that it doesn't work economically.
https://votelabor.org/articles/how-to-form-a-union-your-guide-to-organizing-a-union
The only way to improve labor and salary/wage conditions is to be able to negotiate with the wealth class from an equitable position. One person can be fired and replaced, 30-70% of the staff walking out is likely going to cause the organization to fail as a business within just a couple months.
I'd bet you're unwilling to move where your income/cost ratio would be beneficial, because you've made your "I'm part of the elite thousand in the world who knows what kind of quarter turn fastener to use" a core part of your identity.
More like I can't really move because the only places I can even work are just like the place I am, or worse, and there's only like 5 cities with jobs in my field anyway, unless I wanted to sell my soul working for a defense contractor contributing to killing innocent civilians and children. I wish I had a job with more mobility. I'm still just a cog in a giant machine that doesn't give a fuck about me, the same as everyone else.
Also I'm not a mechanical engineer so I couldn't tell you which fastener to use, so on both counts you'd lose that bet.
You're not getting it. You're still unwilling to give up that core identity that you're some special wizard with arcane knowledge that you're forced to use.
It's making you miserable, and us bored of hearing about it.
Suck a dick troll cunt
My my, such emotion! Bet that's the first authentic reaction you've had in years.
Keep suffering under your "only I know the right thickness of gold to use on ARINC 600 connector pins" mindset.
I used to be like you, oh so smart and important with my esoteric mystical knowledge! How else can I possibly function?
You are not your job. It's just what you do. You think it's some important core identity component of who you are. It's not.
Even as an observer just reading this thread, I feel compelled to tell you: You're a piece of shit
You're belittling someone for no reason other than to make them feel bad, in an effort to make yourself feel superior
They're just saying, initially, they have a good job, and even with a good job, it's difficult to afford living expenses.
You're just being a cunt lol idk why you dislike yourself so much, but projecting that out will just amplify the feeling. Making someone feel like shit, doesn't actually make you look good mate.
This comment received downvotes because it’s uselessly mean spirited. It really stands out as intentionally unproductive.