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Comment on Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?

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rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

OP is also only comparing top earners. For every athlete who earns millions, there’s probably hundreds of athletes who make around median income or less - it’s the kind of career where people will keep doing it even if it pays barely enough to pay the bills. There are a lot of doctors who make more than the poorer professional athletes, and doctors don’t age out.

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bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Is pretty meaningless to look at top earners.

Some specialist doctors are making a million dollars a year, but the average is closer to $375,000.

Much like musicians, there are huge numbers of “professional” athletes that are not making a living wage. The low end for medical doctors is plenty to survive.

I think it’s distasteful when people complain about people earning six figures not getting as much as others, while we have people dying in the streets from capitalistic poverty.

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- Rhoeri@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  People die in the streets under socialism and communism as well. You understand this, right?
  
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  - optissima@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    To poverty at the same or similar rates with little if anything being done to combat it?
    
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