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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (9 children)

different jobs have different values

a doctor should objectively be paid more than a salesman

but he isnt

the salesman social engineers society into thinking hes important

he is the definition of a parasite

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    "I as a CEO provide job opportunities and "hours" to spend for TEN THOUSAND people. Obviously my time should be considered worth more than a doctor who does only one person's hours"

    There's many reasons why one would claim that their job is more important, but essentially there's 2 kinds of jobs: those that are valuable to the society, and those that are not. Plumber's job is just as important as doctor's

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Ok I accept they’re equally important. We don’t want either to be in short supply. But if your plumber or doctor dies, isn’t it harder to get another member of society motivated and trained to become a doctor?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    different jobs have different values

    No, fuck that line of thinking. We live in an interconnected world where every worker does something useful for society, and they all have a right to a happy, fulfilling life.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Everyone has a right to a happy fulfilling life as a baseline.

    But doctors are one of the most valuable people in society, going all the way back to tribal times. It's just how it is. We would do well to encourage our best and brightest in society to become doctors.

    The margins are definitely thinner than current society makes them ill give you that.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    There is no reason for skilled work then.

    Why be a doctor who had to spend countless hours learning his job when you can just sweep the streets and get the same reward?

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