Comment on Trustafarians: When the Rich Pretend to be Poor
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months agoThey can’t. Gen X was the last generation that got wealthier with age and it’s gotten progressively worse for every subsequent generation.
Comment on Trustafarians: When the Rich Pretend to be Poor
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months agoThey can’t. Gen X was the last generation that got wealthier with age and it’s gotten progressively worse for every subsequent generation.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They can it’s called getting a better job. There are tons of jobs out there making 100k a year in fields from computers to plumbing.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah, because there’s absolutely no barriers to most people getting those jobs. People just don’t want more money 🙄
Djtecha@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Well, one has to learn those things. But why are we shitting on people that do now?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m not. I’m pointing out that you’re presenting it as something anyone can just do, which is far from the case.
Apart from many people simply lacking aptitude in the jobs you’re talking about (not everyone can learn any trade), dozens of millions of people are working the equivalent of more than a full time job to (most often with limited success) make ends meet. They don’t have time or energy left over from their CURRENT job(s) to retrain and/or apply for other jobs. It’s not like they can just take enough time off without being fired.
And then there’s the fact that a large portion of struggling people live in areas where those kinds of jobs at that kind of pay either don’t exist at all or there’s hundreds if not thousands that want the job per opening.
And no, those people can’t just move. Moving costs a lot of money, time, and energy that the average working poor simply don’t have.