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It's not really discomfort. It's the fact that any benefit technology would give us is being monetized and abused to the point where it's not enjoyable. I have this phone because employers expect to be able to contact me 24/7, and because governments want to spy on me, and companies want to harvest my data so they can profit from me. In return im given just enough to make it to the next day, and a screen to distract me from how fucking pointless our society is.
A skilled/educated American worker should be able to retire comfortably at 50 without having to worry about how they'll afford healthcare.
Companies make millions off you, then you give a few thousand because they know if they ever paid you a fair share, we'd all realize how much they've been robbing us this whole time.
I did that, and I'm an unskilled American worker. Never had a tech job in my life.
You have your kids college/first home deposit covered and enough for you and a spouse to retire comfortably, and also cover any and all future metal expenses. Good on you man. You're a unicorn
But that’s exactly the point...I’m not some rare unicorn.
Most people on Lemmy make more money in a single year than I ever earned. A lot of you have probably never made less than $85k a year since college. Do you even realize how much money that actually is?
How many on Lemmy made at least that much on their very first fucking job. You know what I did as a job in college? I worked as a fucking dishwasher.
The average full-time U.S. worker makes about $62,000 a year.
Most of you wouldn’t even consider taking a job that pays that little. You can complain about prices, gas, and the cost of living all you want, but $85k a year is more than enough to live comfortably for the vast majority of Americans.
The truth is, most of Lemmy has no real idea how the average person actually lives. Yet you still come here and bash capitalism and technology. The very fucking things that let you earn well above the national average.
Most of you have had far more financial comfort than I ever did, even after adjusting for inflation. Plenty of you could buy a house in a nice small town and pay it off in less than 10 years. But instead, you choose to live in expensive cities, go out every night, buy the latest tech and electric cars, then act like your life is so hard.
I was a single dad at 19, could never afford to finish college. Worked two jobs so my kid could have a room of his own in a small dumpy house. I would stay awake at night scared to death of losing one of my jobs and then losing my kid to the state because I wouldn't have housing. The vast majority of Lemmy has no idea what real struggle is, but they'll come on here and bitch about how terrible their lives are. What a fucking joke! What, you worried you won't be able to make a payment on your brand new EV? lol
Get away from me with that nonsense. Most Lemmy's have never had to work at McDonalds and wouldn't know how to live off that salary if they did. Hell, my pension is smaller than half of your paycheck. LMAO
Most on this platform have multiple degrees, tech jobs that pay way above average, but you bitch and moan. It's all bullshit. You could go to a rural town in Missouri and buy a nice fucking house for $180K. And you know what the majority of replies here on Lemmy would be to that bit of info? "Yeah, but it's Missouri and they probably voted for Trump, so fuck that!"
That shit right there is all of Lemmy. Every single one of you could have a house if you really wanted one. But holy smokes, you may have some conservative neighbors, so fuck that. hahhahhaha
Guess you don't really want a house and affordable living then do you? Because god forbid that you have neighbors that vote different than you.
But all good. The reckoning is coming. Your good tech jobs are gonna go away, and then you can know what real fear is like. How many of you are gonna be able to survive digging ditches for a living.. like I did for 6 years. Try that during summer in Missouri, then come back here and tell me how much of a "unicorn" I am. lololol