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ret5hd

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22. Still the same today:

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:42 AM

Mar 2023

Oilfield workers lose their hands/fingers…not the owners.

Machinists also.

Linemen get electrocuted, as my cousin did, and a childhood friend lost an arm.

Ditch diggers get buried. Field workers get sprayed with insecticides. Lab workers get exposed to chemicals.

Those knives at the slaughterhouse don’t always limit their reach to the intended, but they never reach all the way to the corporate office.

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It's NOT Work That Makes Rich People [View all] kpete Mar 2023 OP

Being born rich or marrying rich have much better odds. Believe me. czarjak Mar 2023 #1

A wise elder once told me EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #2

I was watching shark tank when one of the sharks made Tribetime Mar 2023 #3

You get rich by having someone else work for you Maeve Mar 2023 #4

Did J.K. Rowling (on welfare when she wrote "harry Potter") oppress her typesetters? brooklynite Mar 2023 #14

They were the grist in her magic mill. jaxexpat Mar 2023 #18

Artists are a separate group Maeve Mar 2023 #23

I don't need to follow a model... brooklynite Mar 2023 #28

That's nice, but maybe this conversation whathehell Mar 2023 #54

Try relating to someone in a different world: blue collar worker who humped for big corp. japple Mar 2023 #56

I'm not disputing that working class people should be paid an appropriate wage and benefits brooklynite Mar 2023 #89

Stepping back slightly Maeve Mar 2023 #75

Yeah, all of those "collectible" figurines and toys were made by happy muggles making middle class progressoid Mar 2023 #53

...... bdamomma Mar 2023 #67

This is the mythology, treated as reality, behind white racism and oppression. ananda Mar 2023 #5

The drive to exploit is basically about power and greed.. whathehell Mar 2023 #52

This is why I hate memes.... brooklynite Mar 2023 #6

Thank you. nt BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #9

It is never black and white. multigraincracker Mar 2023 #33

Completely agreed. BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2023 #39

Perhaps the "opression" you're unaware of might whathehell Mar 2023 #81

IOW different salaries are inherently unfair? brooklynite Mar 2023 #85

Lol. No, I'm not saying that "different" salaries are inherently whathehell Mar 2023 #86

How do you propose to value different jobs? brooklynite Mar 2023 #87

I can't answer that question in the context you've presented whathehell Mar 2023 #102

Kinda long story: ret5hd Mar 2023 #7

same is most industries until OSHA and EPA required some serious improvements Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #19

Still the same today: ret5hd Mar 2023 #22

You see very few old weldors orthoclad Mar 2023 #29

I worked in multiple factories pre-OSHA and most companies are way safer now. Most. I've been in Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #37

Wow, that's scary. OSHA was enacted when I was finishing HS, and heading to college... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #72

yes. Asbestos, lead paint and radon to name a few. I do not want to go back to willful ignorance. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #74

Yes, thanks for adding that in there. electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #76

I lived it for 32 years. And you're welcome! Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #78

"Those knives at the slaughterhouse..." markodochartaigh Mar 2023 #79

I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you whathehell Mar 2023 #84

So sadly true. Thanks for that post. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #43

A very short history: ret5hd Mar 2023 #47

Ridiculous. Both my parents were born in Britain to dirt poor families. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #8

It depends on how one defines "rich." Wednesdays Mar 2023 #21

It is hard, almost impossible... ret5hd Mar 2023 #24

one personal example and not the point treestar Mar 2023 #32

One of my best friends refers to himself as "a street urchin" because he came up in the East end allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #44

What is "ridiculous"? whathehell Mar 2023 #58

Do you think our economic system had nothing to do with bringing people out of poverty? former9thward Mar 2023 #63

Under which administrations? whathehell Mar 2023 #66

Our economic system does not change with administrations. former9thward Mar 2023 #73

No, what you've deemed "changes at the margins" are more whathehell Mar 2023 #77

When a adminsitration changes we do not lose the minimum wage or labor unions. former9thward Mar 2023 #83

..Not for lack of trying on the part of Republicans. whathehell Mar 2023 #99

The White House disagrees with you on union membership. former9thward Mar 2023 #100

Lol whathehell Mar 2023 #101

No offense, but there are CEOs out there newdayneeded Mar 2023 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author Shipwack Mar 2023 #10

"We have fed you all for a thousand years..." Shipwack Mar 2023 #11

Thank you. ++ to IWW also. ret5hd Mar 2023 #15

+1. yonder Mar 2023 #50

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Mar 2023 #12

I was a bricklayer for almost 40 years. panader0 Mar 2023 #13

I love this kpete Mar 2023 #16

hear hear. rec. my riches were my family and friends and my du friends . AllaN01Bear Mar 2023 #17

That's so nice. nt allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #45

An old weldor told me orthoclad Mar 2023 #30

Amen to that!! DFW Mar 2023 #49

It's all about luck not talent or hard work Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #55

I don't look at it that pessimistically DFW Mar 2023 #88

Thank you, very well said. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #91

You have an interesting take on life Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #97

K&R ck4829 Mar 2023 #20

Of course it's work that makes rich people rich. Pete Ross Junior Mar 2023 #25

There are only two sources of great wealth: luck and theft nuxvomica Mar 2023 #26

Umm...would add inheritance. A friend of mine inherited $90,000 from her grandma and has parlayed it allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #46

Inheritence is luck. meadowlander Mar 2023 #80

When you look at the hierarchy of the workplace, what you will find is world wide wally Mar 2023 #27

Absolutely true! ShazzieB Mar 2023 #64

that bdamomma Mar 2023 #82

My favorite graph orthoclad Mar 2023 #31

It's possible to become rich through one's own work FakeNoose Mar 2023 #34

ergodicity Locrian Mar 2023 #35

You get rich by getting other things to work for you tinrobot Mar 2023 #36

I dislike this meme. BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2023 #38

But most of those you listed... ret5hd Mar 2023 #41

The meme didn't say anything about jobs being dangerous, just "hard". BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2023 #42

Adding on... BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2023 #40

The Right Wing doesnt like Labor Unions, though, do they? whathehell Mar 2023 #65

Being born on third base helps a lot. lpbk2713 Mar 2023 #48

Yes.. whathehell Mar 2023 #68

I had an elitist snob tell me you get rich by Emile Mar 2023 #51

Right up there with "If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too." Just A Box Of Rain Mar 2023 #60

Most rich people have no idea the benefit of being born into a stable safe family situation. honest.abe Mar 2023 #57

I get the meme Lithos Mar 2023 #59

I agree with what you're saying. BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2023 #61

Yes, it's not just about "hard physical labor" Women are whathehell Mar 2023 #70

hmmm... bdamomma Mar 2023 #62

If hard work was all it took to get rich... ShazzieB Mar 2023 #69

ChocQuibTown - Oro (Official Music Video) old as dirt Mar 2023 #71

This meme, as many do, reduces complex issues to a one-liner. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #92

People become rich due to multiple factors, the primary being luck. haele Mar 2023 #93

All the depicted hard workers are male Wahyee Mar 2023 #94

Work IS what makes people rich Victor_c3 Mar 2023 #95

The same assholes who kept baby boomers hourly wages low Emile Mar 2023 #96

HOW do you think the Capitol got built? Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #98