Tbf this only worked because there wasn't equality. They could pay black people, women, and other minorities (back then it was Italians, Irish, whoever the 'undesirables' of the time were) significantly less for certain jobs, which allowed for higher wages for the "premium" workers, and lower costs for consumerism. Obviously equality was the right call, but neoliberals also used this excuse to pay people less across the board. And then use politics to pit is against eachother. Asmon mentioned that the rich always pit half of the poors against the other. Not a big surprise to see why the red/blue polarization of this country is so contentious right now, as corporations and billionaires keep robbing us blind and fking us over.
It's almost like when railway workers wanted to strike over safety issues and the president made it illegal to do so and then all the trains started derailing shortly after.
Let's be fair here the trains were derailing before then, too. It's just that there was a particularly horrific one with horrifying chemicals that crashed that brought more eyes on the issue.
Railways have always derailed, the news media just doesn't cover it, they only covered it because it benefited them politically Infrastructure fails daily and the news media never covers it until they can get political points to blame Republicans or democrats
@@id2k. Yes since we all know republicans are known for their labor friendly stances. /sarcasm. The only ones who have a good record of workers rights/union support are progressives, but they have little to no power on the federal level. Unfortunately progressives often get lost in the sauce with grievance politics.
I've been homeless for 14 years. In Austin, homeless services used to just be a wait-list, now though, it's need based. The more problems you have, the faster you get seen. On the old system, your priority got bumped up if you had a job since it meant the city didn't have to support you as long. Now, having a job is actively detrimental, since it meant you were more self sufficient. I landed my job in downtown Austin just before the system switched over, I was told since I had a job I'd probably only have to wait a couple of months for my apartment. 2 and a half months later the system switched and I was called in to take the co-ordinated assessment (the form that determines your neediness). I was honest, talked about my severe ADHD, chronic depression, 9 years of homelessness leading up to it, my job, everything! I scored a 3, the worst possible score, meaning in the cities eyes I was almost entirely self sufficient and didn't really need their help. My 3 month wait time was changed to 4 years. My job paid 13$ an hour no tips allowed at the time. It took them 2 years to promote me and for the location to get a raise as a whole took another year. When I was finally fired (a whole other clusterfuck of a story) I was making 16.50, and even there; I couldn't afford the shittiest, most run down efficiency apartment, since everyone requires you make at least 3 times the rent. The system is broken and I doubt it'll ever change. I'll probably die a homeless person and idk how to feel about that.
i had about 10 years on the streets, im now out for good, i have a sure roof above my head, and i hope you get to this as well but let me tell you one thing brother, it doesnt really change all that much, you solve that problem, 3 more pop up, and so on ad infinitum. Im in Europe and here is basically even worse as the possibilities are far less as in the states. We do have social security, which is about 2/3 of the minimum wage (today i'd get about 400euros or there about) and we also have a system where if you have even a minimum wage job, you dont get any help of the state, you must not have any income to be able to get our social security. The system is fucked everywhere my friend and the whole world is in need of change
Same...I been homeless multiple times. It's just impossible if you're poor. In a way, I long for death...at least I'd have no more needs that need to be met and never get met, and wouldn't have to worry about slaving away at some job I hate, with an already disabled brain and body. Fuck me US sucks.
@@dragongamerboi13 yeah its hard to clear enough income a month in a honest way living like that, one thing you mention as well that people really dont get is the toll it takes on you physically and mentally. I was lucky that i was surrounded with mostly good people, it made all that much easier. One advice i can give you and it really helped me is this, dont work for others work for yourself and start valuing your time correctly, even tho you are in a bad spot, your time is still worth an X ammount, might not be to everyone the same, so what you do is find those people that value your time more than others and stick with them. Try to get a job you dont hate as much and that doesnt have you slave for somebody, start small. You dont have to clear that 3k right away, clear 1k while still feeling good about yourself (which in your situation i know its hard) and take it from there, make a balance of what it cost you to clear that 1k once you do, see how much time effort and keeping your mouth shut and head down it took, if it looks to much, fuck that job it aint for you, move on. Get to one where your investment (outside of time) is minimal and the reward for it big enough. Go on from there. The way i did this was, i ended on the street and a social worker helped me find a job in a factory, as soon as i got there, the problems started as they knew i was sent by the social worker and was homeless, so yeah, it was a super nice environment to work in, despite all that i showed up clean on time every day, i liked the work as i was alone with a machine all day but still coworkes kept hiding their shit when i went by, i could not bum cigarettes off them as nobody gave me the time of their day, so 2 weeks pass like that and there i am miserable working for 25e per day while the guy im living with, sells dope 2 hour x day and clears 200e daily (which he then spent on more drugs), so i started dealing dope as well, the italians came in droves at that time so there was enough for everyone. The mistake i made was i eventually started using is which really minimizes your profits if you a dumbass like me. If i just kept my nose clean, 6 months and i'd be off the street right there and then without much problems but because im a dumbass ofc there were complications, i still got out eventually and now i work only for myself, i found the way to live with minimum income and still be happy,i dont need to be rich. OH another fucked up thing nobody tells you is that when you eventually get off the streets the problems only really start, it's a lot of work, i havent done it all yet, still chugging along as best i can and it feels like it will never really go away, you know, the feeling of having nothing to show for your life, ehh im not an natural english speaker so i dont know how to really say it but if you are in the shit you will understand anyway. Hope things get better for you soon, do not give up,there is happines for you out there all you need to is find it and know when you do you never let go .
"Silent hiring" yeah this happened to me. Whilst I worked for a large IT company, they decided to hire a bunch of people in India and my job was to train them how to do my job because they were apparently hired to aid my team with the massive stack of work. Lol nope, after me and my team fully trained the Indian team, my entire (UK) team of 10 people got let go.
@@i_dream_of_memes Automation in factories happens everywhere... Technology replacing manpower is inevitable... The thing he mentioned above is jus inhumane
@@gokulsivakumar4930 Automation isn’t outsourcing. Moving factories to China and Mexico where they can pay workers 0.10$/hr is outsourcing, and you’re right- it’s inhumane.
I worked at a large distribution company a while back as an order picker. I was pulling 16 hour shifts and lifting 30k pounds a night. They told me my body would get used to it but I could tell my body was just breaking down. Humans aren't meant to work like that. I refuse to be overworked and underpaid.
What they describe is just getting "used to it". The body can adapt to a lot. But with a shift like that, especially back to back, you're not only taking on too much work, you don't get any recovery which I'd argue is the most damaging part.
You load fifteen tons And whadda you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store
The human body can get used to a lot, but it absolutely can not get used to lack of rest. Exertion without room to recover is equivalent to just not eating food. The body falls apart.
My retail job has lost 40% of is payroll in the last 3 years. Regular customers come in and say "you guys need to hire, too bad no one wants to work." That's not true. I have a folder full of applications now... we are just on a hiring freeze. And our company's union contract expired at the beggining of covid. Still no contract. Things are changing.
@Vercusgames Who can blame them when you looking at the the statistics just like what is being said even in this video. Record profits above all at the expense of future generations .. they dont see a positive future.
@Vercusgames "These younger generations have stopped trying." Why the hell would anyone try in a job where everyone will treat you like shit no matter what because you're doing that specific job? Good on everyone in a position to retain their self respecting and look for opportunities that will actually help them instead of being treated like literal dirt by assholes.
@@tankforbank7603I have conversations with Boomers regarding the economy everyday. I am in Sales. They are simply out of touch, and have no desire to change their mindsets or perspective. Being in the higher end spectrum for "wealth" the system worked for them... these people do not care about the people whom it doesn't work for.
I had an interview a little while ago and one thing they said really pissed me off. They mentioned how I'd be expected to stay late some days (and still get paid tho). So, I inquired how "late" is late because I don't mind staying a little later but I do have a 4 month old puppy that I need to get back home to. These mf'ers said "Well if you have other commitments this might not be the job for you." Sorry I want to be a responsible adult and take care of my dog.
Legit went to my bosses boss regarding this subject. Ironically she not only understood completely, but she felt the same way when I also mentioned my dog and a few other logic flaws regarding scheduling.
I’m a nurse on a cardiac/pulmonary unit in the south. Most pts of ours are late 50s-80s and have low quality of life. I hate how people say “we are living longer” but our quality of life hasn’t gone up at all so it doesn’t matter
@@qualityassurance8668 There is no solution to that problem that the pro tax side will concede to. We can't just fund people for 50+ years after they stop giving anything back into the economy. The ONLY solution is to entirely get rid of the income tax and allow people to save and invest HOW THEY CHOOSE. Even if you get a $30/h an hour job most of that is coming out in taxes and it gets worse as the pay drops. Then there is sales tax, then there is gas tax, then there is tax on electricity. You probably only get half of what you are actually paid as usable income
My dad was trying to explain why it was "just as hard if not harder" to buy a house 30 years ago as it is today because they had "higher interest rates." I explained to him that, adjusted for inflation, the salary he was making 30 years ago, and the house he bought, was equivalent to ~$175k/yr and a 450,000 home respectively. He then realized just how much his salary hadn't been keeping up over the years, and that actually, he was being underpaid as well. Employers learned they can pay people 40% less for the same job because people need money, and now most households are 2 income households. Instead of paying people more, they shovel the profits to the top like never before.
They also effectively doubled the workforce with the addition of women, allowing for an approximate 40-50% reduction in salaries (the value of labour). Not that having women working is bad, but it HAS worked towards the devaluation of labour
@@evan5935lol, it's actually true, and many women dream of having a man support them, how about you let go of your job so a man can actually support you?
@@yt_nh9347 very heartless. Some would propose a base level of material conditions. Not a generation ago someone could support a family doing a necessary job for society like being a janitor. And felt much less alienated from their jobs. The entire point is things are rapidly worsening. And will continue to do so.
@@yt_nh9347there’s not even new jobs to replace the ones we’re losing. You need to look at thing with a Dialectical materialist analysis. Why are things the way they are, so profits can continue to go toward the top? For how much longer?
@@yt_nh9347 the sewing machine essentially put entire generations of women out of work too , I use this point to the red pillers , women DID work throughout history it's only small portions of time due to the technology and no alternative for them
Don't worry guys, in the near future we'll only be competing with more and more robots, so all we have to do is work like robots for less pay and we'll be fine!
Feel like people saying robots take jobs, all lose sight of the automation and maintenance teams required to keep them running as intended. Less unskilled workers, but creates a need for a skilled team to maintain and adjust. I am biased, as this benefits me and drives up the demand for my skillset.
Currently employed at Wal-mart as a stocker. Conditions are absolutely horrible going into warmer weather. Its been hot and sweaty for around a month now, and they only just started (in the last few days) providing us water so we don't get dehydrated, and even then, its just room temperature water with no ice. Breaks have been cracked down on hard. Your break begins the second you leave your area, and ends when you get back, so by the time you walk to and from the break room, its more like a 10 minute break rather than 15. Our team leader has also been saying that bathroom breaks should be no longer than 3 minutes from the time you leave your area to the time you get back. She even followed one person to the bathroom and timed them. Absolutely ridiculous. All the while, we've been expected to do more and more work for barely above minimum wage.
@@Veteran_Spartan depends on where you live. Sometimes, Walmart is the only place you can work. Either that, or the mom and pop that really can't afford to pay.
Just remember that Walmart could have the best air conditioning on the planet and the owners would never notice a difference in their standard of living.
That sounds awful, and illegal....water costs next to nothing (considering..) to provide to your employees. I work at an Amazon delivery station and they have like 5-7 water things around the warehouse, and it's a small-ish warehouse, where you can stop any time to grab water, obviously don't do it every single time you make a trip but yeah lol. Your place sounds absolutely horrible to work at, the breaks like that? our PA (process assistant - like assistant manager) tells us when we're done with picking routes (pick and stage) to take a 15m then either VTO or to do other work if you wanna stay. Even crazier is timing your bathroom breaks, like what? it all sounds illegal, but I'm sure somehow it's not due to loopholes.
I ran a welding robot. 3-5 welders worth of work done by a single man with a machine. The pay cap is 18 dollars an hour. All the money they save is getting pocketed by the top guys.
You mean the guys who opened the business and bought all the equipment and paid your salary are taking profits for themselves???? How dare they???? I don't see the world as worker vs. fatcat but this happened because the price of most labor is going down all the time. There are still lots of people with labor worth paying top dollar for, and they're getting top dollar. The rest of us have gotten so used to having our company take care of us that we don't just go on the market and get more for what we're providing of our own initiative, or just straight up ignore economic realities (working on an assembly line doesn't make you valuable), and instead blame people for doing things none of us would hesitate for a second to do ourselves in their shoes. It's insane
@btsnake That business owner earns 0 dollars without his workers. Remember that even if you are flipping burgers at McDonald's, the moment workers leave, there is no longer a business. Workers have value, they are the most valuable thing in a company. You can replace a CEO, not the workers. Americans need to learn from the French and go on strikes.
@@orpheus0108 the employees earn zero dollars without the business too, bud. And just as they can go work somewhere else, a business can hire other employees too. Maybe it's not as one sided as you think, but what do I know, not compared to a guy who thinks strikes are good. The mistake is thinking that labor isn't a market, too.
Yeahs, the world really needs multi millionaires and billionaires. Poor them. Americans are so brainwashed. The devide in wealth is at the same point as around the afrende Revolution. Its greed.. Look at the Philips brothers, The Hershey Brothers, Ford etc.. they realized that paying workers properly, giving them free time, health care and education made them much more productive, happy and content. They would also make enough money to afford their own companies product. Less profits, more to share around is what makes the world go round. A strong middle class is needed for a stable society. Nobody needs billionaires though
@@orpheus0108The business owner can do the work, the business owner can even find others to do the work if the current ones leave. It's a balance but most people don't have a high enough IQ to understand.
I think the thing about the current situation today is that the 2008 Crisis spoiled companies. They got used to having easily replaceable, and lower wage employees, and didn't really compete for labor for years. That has continued on past the 2008 crisis. But that the adjustment is not coming in. The current situation is forcing them to compete and be competitive for a labor force that is able to leave and find another job if they don't like it.
And when you do some research, you start to see how much worse these other systems are, than capitalism. There's a HUGE reason why people move away from socialist countries, to the US. And easily, 99% of them have said its WAY better here in the US, vs their previous lives in socialism.
@@xalderin3838 Bro claims there's a huge reason why people move away from socialist countries, then does not state it lmao I can tell you, it's because of America's foreign policy! Imposing embargoes, sanctions and ensuring socialist countries are locked out of the global market, and trying their best to collapse socialist countries, either economically or politically! "99% of them have said it's WAY better here in the US, vs. their previous lives in socialism." because 99% of those people who run from socialist countries are the capitalists who used to live in that country, lol their whole business was nationalized and now runs better and smoother under the care of the workers, y'know, people who actually step into the office/factory/restaurant and do the work? Finally, to @Alrithin Greed finds a way, sure. Human nature is fickle, deeply flawed, and ever-so beautiful. But, instead of rewarding it's worst parts like greed and power, we incentivized things like, community, kinship and empathy. Human nature is shaped by the system, and not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature. Remember that, if nothing else.
@@Relflow It's anecdotal, but I'll say it anyway. My family fled the Castro regime even though they were dirt poor and definitely not the "capitalists" the regime was targeting. There is a lot more that happens in a socialist revolution than just the purging of the capitalists, so boiling those who flee down to just that group is inaccurate. There've been plenty of people fleeing such countries that left with only a couple bucks in their pockets (if even that). It's not just the rich who flee. And as much as human nature has beautiful points to it, there are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Such as irrationality. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in. So while I do _heavily_ disagree with the other guy and think he's being hyperbolic _at best,_ I do not think this is correct either. Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will _never_ be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands, and unfortunately it is impossible to completely change the underlying human psyche (except possibly by committing some enormous atrocity on a scale never seen before). My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras. The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them. These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others. So to each society their own. Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism. It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for. Everything always looks better on paper, and the grass is always greener on the other side after all.
It’s not true. That’s literal propaganda by cpaitalnowners to make you think there is no other way. “To say greed is human nature under a system that rewards greed is like coal miners thinking black lung is human nature.”
@@kindafreexp1415 Your family fled to America because America imposed sanctions/embargoes to your home country and as a result, your family's living standard declined. When I made that generalization, I was just mocking them and their "99%" claim. "There are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in." I literally just said, "Human nature is shaped by the system, not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature." "Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will never be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands..." Let me ask you, what are your objective metrics on a successful society? I have a seriously good idea on what that looks like and I can describe you what I think they should be. The basic right of humans are enshrined and enforced, their basic needs, food, healthcare and housing are met fully and with the highest quality that is possible, they have an actual say in how their community and society's direction moves toward. For example. A democratic workplace (i.e worker's co-op/unionized workplace) you get to have a say on how the workplace is conducted, how your hours and work is managed and then you are apart of how the company moves forward via investments and the distribution of company profits into your worker's wages/company costs etc. Here we go folks, speedrun time. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras..." My mentality is that different systems come, evolve, and then die. Capitalism is next to step into a grave. "...The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them..." Capitalism is completely centered around the 1%. Not the 99% of workers lol "...These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others..." Yeah they do consider the people they are talking about, its just that there are ALWAYS systemic contradictions that eventually cause the crumbling of the system itself. For Slave societies, slaves get old and die and you cannot keep up with slavery forever. For Capitalism, the accumulation of wealth toward the top is an unbalancing act, causing the right conditions for a violent revolution from either fascists or communists. "...So to each society their own..." Yeah, until a higher society imposes its power onto a lower society causing its members to move elsewhere. In a world THIS interconnected, you cannot afford to be isolationist anymore. Cuba is a prime example of that. "...Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism...." Everyone yearns for the fulfilled promise of being cared for and freedom to be whatever the hell they want to do and be. "...It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for." If that's how you view it, then you are really lost in a simplistic view of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------- To end, "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win." - Karl Marx
It is a "surprise" 30 years ago everyone thought that advances in technology would mean we could all retire by age 55. The opposite has happened. Productivity gains mean more profits and less jobs but those still employed are made to work longer and harder.
Working back-cash at a McDonalds for 7 months was worst job I ever had. I still remember getting yelled at by a customer because I didn't speak Spanish. Stupid shit like that all day, everyday, on your feet, no breaks.
Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, but it always seemed like the customers were nicer than my upper coworkers to me. They were much easier to deal with than my coworker.
Thank you for your service, not even joking. I've avoided working food service because I know its hell. I worked pharmacy and we had a drive through, that shit is absolutely brutal. Coke heads screaming over their prescriptions and I have to tell them its illegal to give them more until the next day or their insurance etc. Anyway hope you never have to go back to food.
As someone who is nice to service workers and restaurants employees, I’ve noticed that not only have customers started to act worse and entitled but so have the a lot of employees in fast food atleast(I’ve had burgers thrown towards me after they fixed my burger that they gave to me wrong in the first place). It’s usually teenagers doing both from what I’ve seen but I’ve seen some really bad adult customers😂
@@alarrim29574 well, guess if the employees get treated worse they also treat customers worse. I worked 1st level support for some time and I would never degrade people in the service industry. It wasn't so bad but there were some pretty horrible customers, had a lawyer from a customer emailing after the customer wasn't refunded within a week (package didn't even arrive at out facility again and law says 14 days refund period after providing proof of return-shipment). And it was for like 100€... And I know I was lucky, this way only email support. I don't want to know what call center employees go through and then fast food workers have to run around all the time in a very heated environment, probably get told all the time to be faster and have to endure customers that lay out their anger issues on you.
I work in a grocery store. Im a meat department manager and they got us doing inventory every other week! I have 1 fulltime meat cutter and 2 part time workers. When i first started 8yrs or so ago i had about 10 employees with a monthly inventory. Its out of control
I work in retail as well, started back in 2014. It was supposed to just be a summer job but I stuck with it to grow my income. I stuck with the company while going to college and am applying to about 4-5 jobs a week. I tell the newer guys that "back then, there were about 25 of us and we were all here. Now they've dwindled it down to about 12. We used to have 3 or 4 people closing, now we just have one...maybe two." They're increasing the work load while doing whatever they can to pay a lesser amount of people. What's crazy is that theyre also really stingy about full time shifts and overtime. They'll schedule you at 31.5 hrs and will write you up for even "accidentally" getting 32 because that's minimum for full time.
I was just talking about this... Because of automation people began hyper specialisation, think about it... People used to be generally skilled, have multiple skilled tasks to carry out. But each time an automated solution was found... The ONLY way to keep people employed is to havvthem specialise in tighter an tighter niches.
It's true. It's actually bring "professional cretinism" for people that laser focused on one skill and absolute incompetent in every other aspects of life including social skills.
Yup exactly. In broader terms, the skill sets "allowed" (unless you're an entertainer being able to clap multiple times a second probably won't help with the bills lol) are being narrowed. This wouldn't be a huge deal if folks could easily adapt and there were a ton of jobs floating around. But in reality there's a ton of competition while a lot of folks simply aren't techy enough to do the job (as in the material flies by their head. Everyone has some subjects they tend to struggle with, having jobs be based on those is a pain in the butt. Unfortunately hyperspecialized jobs in those areas means you're screwed). The idea that automation improves lives was only true in the context of it being used to help folks. But when it's used by publicly traded large corps that are financially obligated to make decisions that drive up profits...yeah, automation is being used as a tool to oppress people. In this context AI is perhaps the worst thing that could have happened to humanity because it makes it a whole lot easier for a small group of people to control the many. This will only get worse with time and I'm sad very few people are talking about it, instead harping on about AI overlords when really we should be focusing on corporate overlords, aka cyberpunk 2077...
“Staff training” is where a company takes of advantage of you by cutting your pay to a training level and then making you work full time shifts for 2 years to learn a job that takes ten minutes to learn.
good old times when my father was the only one providing for us and we still could afford to travel the world many times a year, buy expensive stuff...that days are gone
People have been caught up in consumerism and now dont know how to manage their own money anymore. Not like its taught in schools or anything but still.
@GiRR007 If this is your mindset then you come from an extremely privileged perspective. I got lucky, the right people have me a chance, but by all metrics I should be making $20/hrs in a shit hole apartment still eating hot dogs and Ramen. No amount of penny pinching would have pulled me out of that hole.
I’ve worked for the same company for just over five years and I’m starting to see at least partial automation creeping in. Tasks that used to take one worker hour are now only half or a quarter. Which means they can slowly downsize staff by one or two employees a year.
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long-stem rose Everybody knows
The poor are the only ones in America who are told to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps". But the rich who take advantage of us all are literally bailed out and venerated. We have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. Rich folks who "make it" almost always have "help" from others, but they don't acknowledge this later in life after they accumulate their wealth...
"I started as a junior manager on my father's company, then i climbed the ranks and now i'm CEO, all through hard work, no luck or anything like that involved, if i can do it, everyone can!". Or my favorite: "i started this company from 0, all by myself, my father, who already owns a huge company, only gave me a meager 1 million dollars to start out, and then i worked hard and made this company what it is today, if i can do it, anyone can!". ^^ Vast majority of those people you described lol, and like, i have no problem with that, you have rich parents that help you, that's awesome, my problem is them trying to sell this idea of "anyone can do it", but they always hide these "small details" that i mentioned in my examples.
I work at a company where it is sec 8. The amount of poor people who just sit at home and collect checks is also a Problem.if your poor the only person who gets you out of that situation is you.
@@davidkunkle3262 For sure. I worked my life away as a wage slave and have nothing to show for it. I might as well have just sat around and gotten drunk all day... Why work for a wage that you can't even live on? The grind might work for you... but stuff like that can only last so long... most small businesses don't make it... There is merit in hard work, it's just that the profits are not shared with the workers in the US.
@@produceman13 nice give another excuse. Like I said I've worked in the industry for 20 years and that's not the attitude of these people. It's I need my check and I deserve the money. Not only that is damaging the future if you're poor you can't pass down Wealth but you can pass down knowledge. The knowledge that is being passed down to these kids is how to live off the government. I have literally seen generations of tenants were their kids grow up get pregnant before they're 18 and are on section 8 by the time they're 18. You're giving excuse for why people aren't even trying to work for a living. If your plan is to get a job at McDonald's after high School no s*** you would want to be on government help. You say it solves a problem. that is no way to live trust me I see it everyday. This isn't me thinking it like you. I see the destruction and how these people live and that's no life to have or want for someone. The real problem is the corrupt government that has sent all of our jobs overseas allows these companies to get away with slave labor overseas while we suffer here. Also section 8 is another system that incentivizes the mother-to-be single. I could go on forever about how destructive this lifestyle is. That is for the majority of people. There are some people that have nice clean houses go to work and pay the majority of their bills. If that was the overwhelming majority of people I wouldn't even have an issue. I can tell you that's not even close.
@@davidkunkle3262Excuse me, but the government did not force companies overseas. Nor, did it create our extremely large portion of poor communities. The government is simply the reflection of the dominate powers within a society. Those of whom, over the coarse of generations, have derailed a significant population from making gains. Generational wealth, property, and education has played a much larger role in those doomed communities. Welfare families are a syptom of a much larger problem...
In the modern economy, debt is more desirable and liquid than cash is; most of the financial institutions couldn't actually handle cash based services since they're too busy creating and selling debt portfolios. Also the Credit Score is an amazing social scoring system where people are legally and socially locked out of required services because they're seen as a risk for whatever fisher-price reason that's used.
Credit score is so bullshit. I had to have my dad co sign my new truck I bought after an accident because I had no real history despite putting fucking 10k down on the 15k truck.
@@swampthing7234 it is bullshit, because in any other nation you don’t have a credit score. You just have to a deposit for the initial cost and then you pay off the rest over time. This applies to houses, cars, basically anything where you can take a loan out on. Credit scores are a way to force people to use credit cards, making everything cost more just so they can buy things like normal people later on in life. Credit scores exist because credit card companies and banks wanted more money, and the government either didn’t feel like stopping them or were bribed to not stop them.
No dont! You don’t want UBI. Do i actually have to explain how a system with powers as the universal distribution of people's income will be bad for every one besides for the sugar daddies or any other privileged organ/entity. Would be smarter for you to ride alongside the opposition. Cut loose any chains tying you to central positions of power, while improving your power in selfreliance
@@greenburg2276 yes. Even though central banks already have the exclusive right to form and sell otherwise worthless banknotes. So that already kinda exists. UBI would tighten grip by a lot though
Having just spent the past 4 years working at mcdonanlds I would say that fast food jobs are some of the worse jobs in modern day society and anything that comes even close to how bad of a job fast food is pays more. Flippy can have my job, as long as it aint my job no more.
Thats 4 years you will never get back, and what do you have to show for those 4 years? Not a lot probably, i did the same with a retail job, wouldn't do it again thats for sure.
@Vaz G Could just be because everyone's situation is different. They probably realized it in the first week, but they likely needed to continue making money until a better opportunity arose.
Can confirm working in corporate is shit. I have 2 bachelors degrees and am debt free. I work in the aerospace sector making good money but still can't afford anything nice like a house or a newer used car. I have been working hard for over a decade with nothing to show for it. no equity in anything... and unable to even get into a mortgage for a condo or house because $200k is $2k a month in mortgage. I am now 32 years old and am quitting my corporate job to go lay down for a couple months because this hard work isn't paying off at all. Working for yourself is the best thing you can do. Corporate just holds onto the profits and waits for you to die and get replaced.
The rich lost any incentive to improve the average person's life after the USSR collapsed. We used to need big armies of healthy, happy, and educated people.
19:35 I couldn’t imagine working in food service. Just hearing my picky friends order their food, get mad when it’s wrong, flipping out on service workers… it upsets me. Like coke on man you act like they want to be there… most the time they don’t mess it up on purpose 99% of the time they don’t. It’s an accident, order mix up, or miscommunication that can easily be fixed.
Idk who makes mistakes, but to be honest, from my experience food gets mixed up way ,WAY to often to consider it ups everyone can make mistakes. Its more like you are glad it was not mixed up this time.
When I was a much younger man, when I heard these words from an American President, " Ask not what you're country can do for you, but what you can do for you're country !", I felt a cold tingle go down my spine. We have been doing and doing for our country, nose to the grindstone the most powerful country on the planet thanks to us and we get it up the wazoo the old bait and switch. People are tired. Working more and making less. The more we give the more they want for less. We put a man on the moon, a woman on the bottom of the ocean, spend millions on weapons of war, a nation based on fear. Well, look on the bright side it could be worse. My 2 cents.
I was in debt and freaking out because I couldn't pay anymore, and my dad sat me down and said they can't take blood from a turnip. Just that saying helped me stop freaking out
I dont get why people are shocked. We outsourced all of our industrial jobs. Weve allowed over 30 million illegals in the work market, which drove down wages, and everyone went to school and got saddled with a ton of debt and no real skills. To reach middle class, i need about 60k a year. Its not that hard. U need marketable skills.
I couldn't get my bosses to hire someone capable of even understanding the job because they didn't want to hire someone that cost more than 12 $/hr. The last three hires quit on their second day with no notice.
"You can get a raise without making inflation worse" Provided the owners do not subsidize the raise by increasing their prices rather than recognizing the short term loss in benefit will bring an increase in long term profit
@@MikeSW supply and demand wasn't the part of the cost analysis. As someone who has worked for good and bad bosses: My previous employer frequently made excuses for not giving employees raises that it would raise prices. However my current employer recognizes if he increases my wages to allow me to survive inflation, I work harder and he makes more money without raising prices. There is a human value in economics that frequently gets left out of the equation.
@@MikeSW Supply of what exactly is limited? If the employer is forced into paying higher wages then yes he will push the cost down to the consumer, but if the wage increase happens as part of negotiations between employer and employee then the cost more than likely will not go up. Rising prices will also affect your overall sales too, because people will be less likely to spend. This also goes into a normal cost benefit analysis by an employer when considering raising an employee's salary.
I work for a private ambulance company and for the first 6 years of my employment the parent company refused to increase our pay. Fast forward to 2018 and we got a new parent company that promised increased pay over the course of 5 years. Well they were dragging their feet until 2020 and you know what happened. All the people with experience (20+ year medics) said "Welp its about time I retire" and a lot more quit due to the heinous call volume. We were working with 40% staffing across the county during the busiest time in EMS history and the parent company not only gave us $4+ pay increases but also double double time. I was making $74 dollars an hour that year with overtime and now 4 years later we have had three more pay increases and are nearly full staffing in the county and new culture of workaholics and quality EMTs and Medics since we're compensated amongst the best in the country. We are one the most profitable counties in their portfolio now. Increased pay = Increased interest = employers can hire the best option = quality work = continuous contract renewal = $
Ueah dude has no clue, another anti capitolist who talks on the macro level, but dors not even understand supply and demand, or money supply. In this instance, more money chasing the same amount of goods inflates the price of each good. But it all starts at what is money? Or to be precise, fiat currency, which is a manipulated form of money, being printed and devaluing the existing currency. Therefore you can expect a multi millionare to become a Billionare, but the value he holds has not increased.
It makes me absolutely sick seeing how much of my check goes to SSI knowing that I may never get any of that back. It's almost as much as my Federal withholdings, which are also insane. And WAYYYYYYY more than State taxes. Also, 5-10 years of payments is how SS benefits were ALWAYS meant to work. It was never meant to be a 20+ year retirement plan. People are more unhealthy now, but they are still living longer because of all of the drugs and treatments we have to counteract the ailments that come from obesity and generally unhealthy living.
@@Brekner you, me and millions of others. We should be free to opt out and invest our money however we want. Some politicians have tried to bring that idea on the floor, but they need our money to fund this for our aging demographic.
I’m loosing huge amounts of my paycheck to taxes alone. I’m losing $1400+ a month in taxes. For what? It doesn’t seem like our taxes are being used for the benefit of the country but rather the benefit of the elite.
@@JRF32100 The amount you receive in retirement is directly tied to how much you contribute. If you contribute nothing you get nothing in retirement. Your comment shows your ignorance
@@TheAwesomeness1123 I amended my reply to cause less confusion. Obviously you have to pay into SSI to receive the benefits (or be a family member of a contributor who did). But part of the reason we are into this mess is that we have an aging demographic of a lot more elderly people not working than we have people paying into SSI.Technically those people who are contributing now are funding SSI for people who are no longer contributing. And because of both normal inflation and hyper inflation, what those retirement age people did contribute is not nearly what we are contributing now and what they actually need to live off of SSI. They paid their dues, but that doesn't change the fact that we are in a mess for those reasons. Also, you CAN get more back from SSI than you contributed, depending on what you contributed and how long you live after you initially start receiving the benefits.
In the restaurant I used to work at everyone who couldn't deal with resturant work quit and I had to take on 3 other jobs for 2$hr raise. I pretty much asked for a 10$ raise or I walk then they can pay 3 other people to do the jobs I was doing. They gave in and gave me 8$hr raise. I then worked for 3months straight with no days off because i kept having to come in on my days off sometimes doubles. Then I fainted on the bus home woke up in hospital then my work threaten to fire me when I didn't show up for my shift the next morning when I was still in the hospital. I dont work there anymore. Resturant work that people think is so easy is one of the most physically and mentally exhausting jobs especially in fast food with customers in *urban* cities getting increasingly violent
Haha I laugh about it now, but this happened to me. I automated a manual entry process with a tool and they let all but one person (he was the longest tenured) go, including myself. That guy was my friend and went and asked for a raise since he was doing all the work and he left a few months later lol
I ran a warehouse for a solar company. I had to keep track of 32 trucks their maintenance and who was assigned to them. Their registration and insurance. AND I had to clean the insides and make sure they were stocked.... that was JUST the trucks. I also had an inventory of roughly 4 to 5 million dollars worth of solar panels and Tesla power walls (batteries). I had to know the pipeline months in advance and have the jobs kitted wrapped and ready to load up the the night before. I was also in charge of purchasing any and all parts required to finish the job. All for 19.50 an hour. 4 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. I asked for a raise after 2 years and they said "We will see." So naturally I fucked everything up and put in my 2 weeks. I still get emails asking me to come back its been almost 2 years. 😂😂😂
@@andywalker7081 went to another solar company took my knowledge of how everything worked got battery certified and they almost immediately gave me a project management position. I make my own schedule and got a company car out of it. Heads up to anyone needed a 30 hr job. Solar is booming for Enphase Battery certified personel and its like a free 8 hour course. But the industry is like omegle you gotta pick the one that's not just a huge dick. 😅
Average employee health plan family deductible in 2008: $1658 Average employee health plan family deductible in 2020: $4500 (Source: National Institutes of Health) We don't qualify for medicaid, but we can't afford insurance because it cost 40% of our annual income. That sure looks like some affordable care.
Anytime the government names a bill, expect the opposite. The Patriot Act was unpatriotic. The Affordable Care Act was unaffordable. The Inflation Reduction Act reduced nothing.
@@dobermanownerforlife3902 EXACTLY. I was in the military when the PATRIOT act was passed. My coworkers and I thought they were joking when they announced they were creating a US Committee for State Security... err.. I mean "Department of Homeland Security"
Remember that 100 million fine isn't to punish the billionaire, that 100 million is the politicians cut. We live in an evil corrupt society where the criminals are in charge.
"I don't think any specific world view is to blame (neolib), I think the people with the money to make this happen are." This is literally neoliberalism.
I worked in the toy industry and everything he says really resonates. As a designer in the USA, we are overworked and underpaid, expected to work overtime and weekend, unpaid. If someone quits or gets laid off, they don’t replace them but spread out their tasks among the remaining staff. Basically no work/life balance and terrible work culture. I was fortunate to lose my job during COVID (company lost all sales and was make $0) and become a SaHM on one family income (families able to function on one income in the past vs needing multiple incomes today, and putting babies in expensive daycare at 4 weeks old is a whole other rant). But the conditions in China are absolutely worse! They don’t get weekends off, so they are constantly working. They get a few weeks off twice a year, and they are all from villages that take a couple of days to get back to by bus. They are paid literally nothing and everything they make they send back to their families living in the villages. When people say “bring factories back to the US!” I have to explain to them that you don’t want that. First, those factories product so much pollution that they are a only allowed to be in specific zones allotted to them in China. Second, because these people make so little money for their hard labor, bringing the work here would make the prices of everything skyrocket. All the factories here operate with machines/robotics anyways so it wouldn’t create the jobs you’d think it would. And yes, the workers in China make so little money that factories using robotics are waaaaay more expensive. That’s how cheap the human labor is in China. I really liked this video, this (and healthcare, imo) are the 2 topics that really matter. Everything else is just noise.
so... you rather have factories to be more environmentally hazardous half way across the world with slave labor wages and hours because it would be cheaper and robots would be used here anyway?
@@Warrenoh tax goods from foreign adversaries (china, russia, etc) to make it at least more fair to compete with made in America. There would be carbon footprint savings just from not sending materials from here, to china, and back. Hell, even change China's status from a developing country to (I forgot the other term) so they don't get subsidized shipping (basically developed countries subsidized the shipping of developing countries).
The issue with the "has anyone improved their job" metric is that it's still constrained by the system of job availability being a churn. The rate of improvement relies directly on a rate of drop for other people. The "it's just harder" means the trend of churn is going down rather than letting people improve their circumstances.
38:40 It always astonishes me when people (left wing Americans) claim that Nordic countries aren't capitalists. They're extremely capitalist but have strong social safety nets and public services (i.e. social democracy).
I'm a CAD engineer, I spend my work hours drawing pretty pictures/blue prints/ducting designs for installers to install MVHR and HVAC units in homes and buildings. I really enjoy it! decent salary but the cost of living in Ireland is increasing dramatically. I can't really complain though, Designing is my passion and I'm lucky I got something design related after college.
In 1973 the US came off the gold standard and adopted a fiat monetary system. A fiat monetary system has inflation built into it. Inflation is a back-door tax in which the government spends and creates debt. Then, they decrease the value of the currency so when they repay the debt its real value is lower than when the government originally borrowed. However, this also causes the cost of goods to go up faster than what businesses will increase in work pay. Once the US came off the gold standard the American worker was doomed and the middle class will continue to be destroyed.
@Rae Tavia lmao… socialism is just a precursor to communism. Last time I checked, socialistic/communistic countries aren’t holding their government and large corporations accountable. The true answer is that it’s much more complex and pointing the finger at one thing isn’t going to fix it. Also, I think communism/socialism works well in a small community, but when you have a large governing body at the top, then corruption eventually finds its way there if it hasn’t already. It doesn’t matter what we do in the US because the people with the money are the ones who will always have the most control. If we want change, people need to stop playing sheep first.
@Rae Tavia You do realize thats not a capitalism problem. Thats a corruption problem. Corruption makes all ideologys fail in the long run same with socialism and communism. It all works in theory but the moment corruption touches any of these systems they fail. Stop getting so angry over someone who simply disagrees with you on the internet. 💀
The drive for automated workforce is a big factor in this, especially when you see self check-out areas and only like one or two people on the registers, and even though they have a bunch of the registers sitting there empty they refused to hire any more people, essentially eliminating job opportunities for more people
@@darkshad0wbee483 you’ve never worked a register, have you? You don’t need to know anything other than basic math (addition, subtraction, etc) because the computer does the math for you
@@domerame5913 No, what will happen is that service industry workers will find a new job in other fields. If you believe in the billionaire overlord theory like a lot of leftists you’d realize they already have taken that option into account and history shows they’ll move to another job market.
@@domerame5913 I think that’s an unfair question. The honus of proof is on you. Tell me what industries AI will completely take over and kick most/all humans out of?
I closed for an entire month for my Super Target during the entire holiday season I was a minor in high school and it was totally illegal, but I was the only one willing to do it Convientetly, my managers found out I was a minor after the holiday rush
Damn he got you for the low low! 😢 I'm sorry that happened. I know it's probably not the worst thing to happen but still probably annoying to think about now and again.
Heyo target employee here an boy I got shit to make your head spin. One example: my TL had shown all of us an email from corporate demanding they write/couch us more because no one was getting in trouble for over 5 months. Now flash to today our entire shift (overnight) is gone they didn’t even say shit till the final week. Which many have kids and families to take care of. Another example: Our store director (she Spanish) celebrated juneteenth (which isn’t bad but) she mass ordered fried chicken, watermelon, and grape cool aid. She didn’t get fired but I bet my paycheck if it was a white male or female they would have been. Regardless of color that was racist af and she should have been let go. I got tons more stories including shit happening rn but I won’t rant any longer.
You know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. Most have so little wiggle room it's amazing that the owner(s) can ever make money. As much as people bitch about tipping... tipping makes it to where waitstaff is paid far and a way much better than any kitchen staff. I know this because I've worked in kitchens for 15 years. Anytime someone acts like they should boohoo over waitresses or waiters I feel like the beat redheaded stepchild versus the spoiled rotten kid. Most waitstaff do not work as hard as kitchen staff.. the difference is often literally night and day. And the pay disparity is atrocious. Most restaurants work on a 30 30 30 system hoping for a 10% return on cash flow 30% wages, 30% food costs, 30% overhead (energy, rent taxes....) often because of waste and mistakes return on investment ends up being closer 3-7%. If a place is mismanaged (even slightly) it either gets shutdown or just goes out of business. You say pay them a non-tipped wage I say tip the kitchen first then sure. But know that every penny extra paid in wages is attached to the price of your food which will change form 30 30 30 to 35 28 27 maybe more. The price tag on the food will go up at least 10%.
It's insane that people think the service industry is easy, I worked in the service industry for a year. I'd never make that mistake again. For reference, I work in a mid level IT position at the moment, I did high end, and it was too much responsibility, and the low end is pretty much the service industry, so mid level is perfect for me. I will say that my work takes more skill than the service industry, but working in the service industry is much harder. Mainly, people have no respect for anyone, and managers don't know how to back their employees. The customer is not always right. Don't get me wrong if I feel like something is affecting me in a bad way and theres nothing you can do I'll be the customer you hate, but I'll flat out tell you, just get me your manager, it's not your job and you don't get paid enough to deal with people like me. I know the manager can't do anything either, but it will ruin metrics and cause problems down the road if I make a big deal about things that are adversely affecting people.
Hey, they say we might get cancer vaccines by 2030 and Alzheimer cures by 2040... although those may not be accessible in a country with a healthcare system like the US...
These kind of vids where Asmon spits common sense on issues most ppl know the truth about but are too afraid to admit or talk about are my favorite....
@@MikeSW most americans (American here) have no idea how to critically think - even through common sense things like the relationship between (IQ) averages and population sizes. Easier just to shout at the "other" and repeat what they hear.
@@MikeSW I love and listening to so many macro econ podcasts. Let me tell ya, the last 5 years or so I have delved into this subject. I have met maybe 3 people that can talk economics, trades, inflation deflation. Seems like people love money but dont understand how it works. Inflation isnt because of capitalism. Its because of fiat currency that goes buuuuurrrrrrrr. Americans need finance classes in school. I sure as hell wish I had learned it. We are seeing keynesian econ in practice right now. We need Austrian economics. Markets cant just keep going up and up. Its like a car running out of coolant, you keep running it hot with no break or cool down (deflation) your gonna blow the thing up.
So in 2017 my grandmother passed away of an aneurysm, a year later my grandpa is informing all her credit card company's that she has passed away and they expected him to paying off her stuff. I'm not sure if that's what happened, I only remember it being stressful for a time.
You should not inform debt companies of a loved ones passing, you should immediately begin the probate/will process and only go out of your way to pay stuff that they file onto the case to make a claim for, call the card companies 'as a nephew that wants to cancel her cards'
My favorite thing about living in California is working my way up from McDonalds cook to a pretty decent security job just for the labor union to come in and raise minimum wage for food and labor jobs by $4.50. Now, starting next April, McDonalds crew members will be getting payed $2/hr more than a security guard that had to spend time and money to become certified and whose job it is to actually deal with dangerous and distasteful people
@40:40 tbf, Asmon, the title of the video isn't Why Work is Getting Worse (and how to fix it). It's just a video showing reasons why work is getting worse.
Here's a crazy idea. The reason social security and similar programs are at risk of becoming insolvent is because the same thing. Social security doesn't get paid into by the ultra wealthy who pay less wealthy accountants to skirt all SS taxes. The middle and lower income classes pay into SS every single paycheck, but because of this same problem its not enough. Cost of goods and living increases and SS benefits are worth less. The taxes from wages from people who pay them are worth less money.
That indeed, add the runaway, unaudited military budget of the country ($800+ Billion dollars this year alone) Billion with a 'B'. Makes his "buy less bombs statement" truly something to consider. Between that and the fair tax contribution by the wealthy, you could almost eliminate child poverty in America. But some boardroom of shareholders somewhere would vote it down probably.😕 Not exaggerating.
take note that most stats released by the 'US bureau of labor statistics' are delayed by several years (only show up to 2019 today), and many of the graphs used in this video are up to 2010, it is significantly more skewed towards the top now. The middle class is a shadow of what it once was, only the $15 min wage may make the stats look decent, but that itself was mega corps like amazon forcing competitors to pay more for labor, because they already had a massive automation advantage... then the other companies have to fill more roles with fewer employees, so even entry level jobs require 5 years exp to work in a grocery store... corporate greed, stockholder wealth over stakeholder wealth... more money concentration more control.
The problem is, just like everything else, its not just right or wring, there are so many levels of pros and cons that need to be looked at, the real issue is a lack of checks and balances, regulations that create a safer work soace than we have now. Lobbying is one thing that needs to be looked at in great detail because in a lot of cases it is being used to thwart many of the freedoms that we have and used to have.
Very true. I consider myself blessed because I have an awesome job with the government that pays 80k a year, get pension for life, free health and dental, and 4 months off every year (paid) I’m a college teacher but it wasn’t always like that for me. Got the job a year ago and up until then, I worked for private companies making 33k a year and was ALWAYS broke. Sad that the only way I could make money is to work for the government: just goes to show that companies don’t care about you. The only school I finished is trade school (electrician) honestly, that’s the way to go now.
With a major shortage in people with trade skills, ie the guys that install, program, wire up, and maintain the automation systems, has created a spike in value to people who have the right skills. Substantial increase to what's offered, and guys like me get recruiters reaching out nonstop. The college or bust messaging us middle aged people grew up hearing, worked. Now we are seeing them try to fix that as we see the older generation retire, it's leaving a giant hole that we can't fill.
@@Gungrave123 I can assure you that is not true, in a factory or large facility setting. Maybe for some turnkey machine, like a hot dog stand. But the automation taking "all" the jobs is being done in large facilities, and I can assure you being installed, programmed, and maintained by electricians, mechanics, and automation techs, none fall under what I consider white collar.
@@Gungrave123 most automation process aren't setup with complex code. Now the way some distribution places are setup, maybe that is being done at a higher level. But the machine that picks stuff up and sets it on conveyors is likely programm on site, and adjust as needed by someone with dirty hands
I work in a small manufacturing plant, we make metal parts (cups, cones, spacers, some aerospace parts) for a few bigger companies. I’m only 21 and finally feel like I can somewhat do things on my own besides a few certain changes to dimensions and how to actually write a program. I should probably try to start taking a few classes to help myself. I also really enjoy working out for my mental health and I’m really weak in general. There is little to no time left in the day to do even work and go workout. Thankfully I still live with my parents and only have to pay for my car loan. About 3-4 years ago, our company was bought out and got 2 new bosses due to the old owner finally retiring. One boss actually knows reality of the workplace and the other just wants everyone to be a complete robot and half a few people make sure the machines are running properly while others get parts out and check them. This dude expects maximum efficiency when we have to deal with bullshit material that isn’t cut straight cuz we have fucked up saws in the back. Like he just doesn’t understand reality it’s crazy
Not to mention I get paid shit and even the actual well knowledged machinists don’t get paid great and this boss wants to hire people that don’t know anything and just click a button, very smart business plan and we’re already starting to really struggle
I work for CAT. I see all these old folks breaking their body for no reward. And I refuse. Were union so we make the same, I get 7.5 machine hours a day and 1st shift gets mad at me because he gets 10-12 machine hours a day. But he doesn’t understand he’s doing it to himself.
The guy in the video does not understand that capitalism has always been two things: free market and the regulatory framework. Most people forget about the second and blame the first, when it's the regulatory framework the one that needs to be adjusted for the free market to be fair and equilibrated.
People aren't really living that much longer. The reason why that number goes up is because we have way less infant mortality due to medical technology.
The 156 members referenced in the vid at around 10:16 are part of a conservative committee that released a proposal in 2022 to raise the retirement age to 70. But the proposal was never voted on, according to a committee spokesperson. The budget also includes the signatures of only 16 House Republicans. No such vote actually took place. The reason this guy brought it up in the video is because, like so many ignorant people in the world, he saw a tweet that went "viral" from Occupy Democrats and people started believing everything they hear.
skip the comments too. every one is an expert , went to school to get a good job, but are still unhappy about their life and job. Others are lucky to enjoy their work. Social media is fucking depressing. I had a good day today at work, pushing shopping carts until I clicked this video.
@@omegajunk-n3e word bro i enjoy my job and the people there, im a baggage handler at the airport but then i think about making enough money to provide a family in the future, which is when it gets real tough
@@marllonluizsilva2556 no it's greed, blaming capitalism is dishonest, until you find a way to fix greed, the economic system you use won't change that
Just got done working at a restaurant for roughly 7 years, there is a huge difference from paying the staff hourly and working for tips. Hourly staff members were cooks, cleaners, back house people you would normally never see, hosts working the phones and registers. The only ones working for tips were waiters and waitresses and a bad night they made around $80 in tips plus $4 an hour on a 5 hour shift, a good night same hours could make $300 in tips and the best night over $800. Most I paid out in tips for a single night to one person was over $1,200. If I paid 30+ people on my crew $1,200 a shift or $240 an hour damn right my prices would be going up. Even if it was the average and say $280 ish a night, $56 an hour times only the 5 waiters / waitress on that shift then double that for the 2nd shift. That would cost me $2,800 more a day on top of the food cost and the other 23-27 other staff members hourly wages. The only way I could see that not effecting my prices would be if I paid every staff member $15 an hour and kept all tips for myself. I don't think anyone who makes $300 a night would be willing to say hey I would rather do the same amount of work and only keep $75 and I really don't think I could get em to give up the nights they make well over $600-$800.
I'd rather be homeless than work in a slaughterhouse. Not vegan or anything, but killing hundreds of animals a week for a living sounds like a nightmare
I think what we need to do is decouple certain aspects of life from the market entirely. I think we need to make more things utilities and the like. Focus on reducing cost of living, maybe even use a different metric to measure it. As much as I don't like it at the end of the day predatory monitization in games might make them less fun, but I still have food water and shelter, I'd prefer if we focus and priotize those things that matter, then slowly expand that list. I don't need the free market to innovate a new kind of house for me, I just need a place to sleep.
@@bhec7715 I'm talking just talking about putting some better regulations on important things like we have for food, water, electricity, etc. Those have been absolute improvements and you can look to places that have privatized water access to see it's a really bad idea.
I've been working at the same place for almost 2 years now. People keep quitting because the place is awful, because there's less people they ask us to work harder for the same pay. Then the only people who stay are the people who desperatly need the money to survive like me... and you end up with a workspace full of selfish people who dont want to do their job but are only there to get by. Everyone trying to do as less as possible, effing everyone over.
@@LeonardoTheMomo I am that person. I will do bare minimum to stay and i they cant fire me for it. And others should do the same. Work smart not hard. Fuck the higher ups, just do you.
I do hope and pray that good things happen to everyone in this comment section sooner than later, especially those who are working hard to provide for someone. Im getting severely angry having to see hard working people get taken advantage of by employers and the current workforce
Anecdote: I’ve watched a lot of people come to work in manufacturing from a typical food service job … most quit within a week. It’s not easy being treated like a machine 60 hours a week.
You're right about the life expectancy.. It's only going up for rich people.. For everyone else, it stagnated decades ago. My biological father and my stepdad both died before they reached 60.. They never got a single penny of all that Social Security they paid into. It makes me see red when politicians start talking about raising the retirement age.. Someday someone is gonna snap on them.
I worked at a retailer when I was 16 and dumb and I swear we did so many OSHA violations. I have a permanent shoulder impingement issue from hauling 300 pound reclining sofas over a 1.5 foot gap on a broken loading dock as well as carrying memory foam mattresses up 10 ft racks on wheeled ladder stairs all by myself.
I work for the NHS in the UK and everyone's job has got exponentially worse over the last 10 years. The NHS is an example of a great British institution that is being ground into the dirt by government greed. I urge everyone in the UK to take action to protect and preserve the NHS, even if you don't work there chances are you'll need it at some time in your life, most of us begin and end our lives in hospital at least. The staff here are massively overworked, understaffed and underappreciated, people don't realize how desperate things have got until they are admitted. Don't wait until you need something before realizing you have taken greater steps to preserve it. The only people that benefit from living in the UK atm are the ones that DON'T work, and believe me, good will is running out. Laziness and greed and stripping those that deserve help and assistance from receiving it. To my mind ABLE people that choose not to work are nothing better than thieves, the only difference is they steal from everyone.
Your vibe is so chill and cool, glad I found you. Last month kombucha was $2.99, now it's $4.49. This is insane. I work at a food place so I get tons of food for free and save so much. I'd like to get something more in my skill set, but at the rate these food prices are going up, I ain't going nowhere!
Inflation only went up like 3 percent. Capital owners use it as an excuse to inflate profit. They hit record profit year after year. They literally have to. Because it’s a flaws system
34:25 you don't like that is not a valid argument, dude. Capitalism is so constructed - it's a zero-sum game, accumulation game, some jobs (very few) improve TEMPORARILY but ultimately capitalism finds a way and we're fucked. You're left with car on subscription, you can't repair it, you practically don't own it, same with phone, same with adobe suite, same with your fridge, your house, etc. All you own is your clothes, and all you earn you spend on basic needs, like the cheapest food. That is capitalism.
UBI won’t make things better, it just puts a band aid on a economic and social issue. If we get to the point where UBI is necessary, it’d be better to just remove money altogether and go to a full meritocracy.
16:15 1 person getting a raise won't raise inflation. Raising the minimum wage, putting more money into millions of people's pockets will however increase the amount of cash in circulation which could increase inflation, probably not by much but to say they have no relation at all is naive.
“It's all these people talking about how great technology is, and how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work.” - Before Sunrise (1995)
i can't even find an offer to apply for because everybody now expects 2-3 years of experience and a baggage of IT knowledge meanwhile I have master's degree in economics.... Idk what to do. I guess I will become a youtuber at least it is gonna be fun.
The best part of this is that with the introduction of things like chatGPT, we move closer to a time when even the most abstract jobs are going to dissapear. Eventually the 1% will become the .001% and the system will crack and the entire country will fall. Then Universal basic income will be the only way to live. Eventually it will happen. I believe capitalism is good, but it needs more regulation.
I know probably no one will read this. But IQ is a value of ones potential not their intelligence. Someone with experience will out class someone with "more IQ". Anyways that's my 2 cents.
If I owned a company, and I designed or financed a way to do more with less people... sorry but that's a win and if I want to pay myself more because of that, well that's also up to me, because it's my company. If you think you should pay every worker for every action they would otherwise do without automation, I welcome you to start your own company and see how long it lasts. Don't just start with modern automation though, don't forget to make sure you pay them for how long maths would take without a calculator. Also, since you want to be "fair" you should pay your landscaper for how long it would have taken him to mow and trim with his bare hands... we cant have automation cheating those blue collar workers out of $$$!
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Isn't it insane that in the parents or grandparents generation, the man was the sole provider and they were still able to afford a nice house.
To be fair the USA got massive boost of economy during that time because of World War II
Tbf this only worked because there wasn't equality. They could pay black people, women, and other minorities (back then it was Italians, Irish, whoever the 'undesirables' of the time were) significantly less for certain jobs, which allowed for higher wages for the "premium" workers, and lower costs for consumerism.
Obviously equality was the right call, but neoliberals also used this excuse to pay people less across the board. And then use politics to pit is against eachother.
Asmon mentioned that the rich always pit half of the poors against the other. Not a big surprise to see why the red/blue polarization of this country is so contentious right now, as corporations and billionaires keep robbing us blind and fking us over.
@@dafazain5978 That was the case worldwide not just in the USA.
That's because women weren't diluting wages by entering the workforce en masse.
Wemon ruin everything
It's almost like when railway workers wanted to strike over safety issues and the president made it illegal to do so and then all the trains started derailing shortly after.
Crazy how that happened lmao right
Let's be fair here the trains were derailing before then, too. It's just that there was a particularly horrific one with horrifying chemicals that crashed that brought more eyes on the issue.
Railways have always derailed, the news media just doesn't cover it, they only covered it because it benefited them politically
Infrastructure fails daily and the news media never covers it until they can get political points to blame Republicans or democrats
@Quintessence nah, apparently it's more important to pat trans people on the back when they shoot up schools
@@id2k. Yes since we all know republicans are known for their labor friendly stances. /sarcasm. The only ones who have a good record of workers rights/union support are progressives, but they have little to no power on the federal level. Unfortunately progressives often get lost in the sauce with grievance politics.
I've been homeless for 14 years. In Austin, homeless services used to just be a wait-list, now though, it's need based. The more problems you have, the faster you get seen. On the old system, your priority got bumped up if you had a job since it meant the city didn't have to support you as long. Now, having a job is actively detrimental, since it meant you were more self sufficient. I landed my job in downtown Austin just before the system switched over, I was told since I had a job I'd probably only have to wait a couple of months for my apartment. 2 and a half months later the system switched and I was called in to take the co-ordinated assessment (the form that determines your neediness). I was honest, talked about my severe ADHD, chronic depression, 9 years of homelessness leading up to it, my job, everything! I scored a 3, the worst possible score, meaning in the cities eyes I was almost entirely self sufficient and didn't really need their help. My 3 month wait time was changed to 4 years. My job paid 13$ an hour no tips allowed at the time. It took them 2 years to promote me and for the location to get a raise as a whole took another year. When I was finally fired (a whole other clusterfuck of a story) I was making 16.50, and even there; I couldn't afford the shittiest, most run down efficiency apartment, since everyone requires you make at least 3 times the rent. The system is broken and I doubt it'll ever change. I'll probably die a homeless person and idk how to feel about that.
Christ, I have to say that it's probably time to leave.
i had about 10 years on the streets, im now out for good, i have a sure roof above my head, and i hope you get to this as well but let me tell you one thing brother, it doesnt really change all that much, you solve that problem, 3 more pop up, and so on ad infinitum. Im in Europe and here is basically even worse as the possibilities are far less as in the states. We do have social security, which is about 2/3 of the minimum wage (today i'd get about 400euros or there about) and we also have a system where if you have even a minimum wage job, you dont get any help of the state, you must not have any income to be able to get our social security. The system is fucked everywhere my friend and the whole world is in need of change
Same...I been homeless multiple times. It's just impossible if you're poor. In a way, I long for death...at least I'd have no more needs that need to be met and never get met, and wouldn't have to worry about slaving away at some job I hate, with an already disabled brain and body. Fuck me US sucks.
@@dragongamerboi13 yeah its hard to clear enough income a month in a honest way living like that, one thing you mention as well that people really dont get is the toll it takes on you physically and mentally. I was lucky that i was surrounded with mostly good people, it made all that much easier. One advice i can give you and it really helped me is this, dont work for others work for yourself and start valuing your time correctly, even tho you are in a bad spot, your time is still worth an X ammount, might not be to everyone the same, so what you do is find those people that value your time more than others and stick with them. Try to get a job you dont hate as much and that doesnt have you slave for somebody, start small. You dont have to clear that 3k right away, clear 1k while still feeling good about yourself (which in your situation i know its hard) and take it from there, make a balance of what it cost you to clear that 1k once you do, see how much time effort and keeping your mouth shut and head down it took, if it looks to much, fuck that job it aint for you, move on. Get to one where your investment (outside of time) is minimal and the reward for it big enough. Go on from there. The way i did this was, i ended on the street and a social worker helped me find a job in a factory, as soon as i got there, the problems started as they knew i was sent by the social worker and was homeless, so yeah, it was a super nice environment to work in, despite all that i showed up clean on time every day, i liked the work as i was alone with a machine all day but still coworkes kept hiding their shit when i went by, i could not bum cigarettes off them as nobody gave me the time of their day, so 2 weeks pass like that and there i am miserable working for 25e per day while the guy im living with, sells dope 2 hour x day and clears 200e daily (which he then spent on more drugs), so i started dealing dope as well, the italians came in droves at that time so there was enough for everyone. The mistake i made was i eventually started using is which really minimizes your profits if you a dumbass like me. If i just kept my nose clean, 6 months and i'd be off the street right there and then without much problems but because im a dumbass ofc there were complications, i still got out eventually and now i work only for myself, i found the way to live with minimum income and still be happy,i dont need to be rich. OH another fucked up thing nobody tells you is that when you eventually get off the streets the problems only really start, it's a lot of work, i havent done it all yet, still chugging along as best i can and it feels like it will never really go away, you know, the feeling of having nothing to show for your life, ehh im not an natural english speaker so i dont know how to really say it but if you are in the shit you will understand anyway. Hope things get better for you soon, do not give up,there is happines for you out there all you need to is find it and know when you do you never let go .
@@dragongamerboi13 A-fucking-men
"Silent hiring" yeah this happened to me. Whilst I worked for a large IT company, they decided to hire a bunch of people in India and my job was to train them how to do my job because they were apparently hired to aid my team with the massive stack of work. Lol nope, after me and my team fully trained the Indian team, my entire (UK) team of 10 people got let go.
Bro that s so fucked up man... Wtf how is this even happening?
@@gokulsivakumar4930 already happened in factories, now it’s happening in white collar sector too: outsourcing.
@@i_dream_of_memes Automation in factories happens everywhere... Technology replacing manpower is inevitable... The thing he mentioned above is jus inhumane
@@gokulsivakumar4930 Automation isn’t outsourcing. Moving factories to China and Mexico where they can pay workers 0.10$/hr is outsourcing, and you’re right- it’s inhumane.
@@i_dream_of_memes We need to build an AI that will kill the rich.
I worked at a large distribution company a while back as an order picker. I was pulling 16 hour shifts and lifting 30k pounds a night. They told me my body would get used to it but I could tell my body was just breaking down. Humans aren't meant to work like that. I refuse to be overworked and underpaid.
What they describe is just getting "used to it".
The body can adapt to a lot. But with a shift like that, especially back to back, you're not only taking on too much work, you don't get any recovery which I'd argue is the most damaging part.
Met too many people in warehouses with bad backs. The production standards they put on some of these jobs doesn't allow good posture and enough rest.
You load fifteen tons
And whadda you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
The human body can get used to a lot, but it absolutely can not get used to lack of rest. Exertion without room to recover is equivalent to just not eating food. The body falls apart.
My retail job has lost 40% of is payroll in the last 3 years. Regular customers come in and say "you guys need to hire, too bad no one wants to work." That's not true. I have a folder full of applications now... we are just on a hiring freeze. And our company's union contract expired at the beggining of covid. Still no contract. Things are changing.
@Vercusgames Who can blame them when you looking at the the statistics just like what is being said even in this video. Record profits above all at the expense of future generations .. they dont see a positive future.
@Vercusgames "These younger generations have stopped trying." Why the hell would anyone try in a job where everyone will treat you like shit no matter what because you're doing that specific job? Good on everyone in a position to retain their self respecting and look for opportunities that will actually help them instead of being treated like literal dirt by assholes.
Yes through unionizing. Socialism.
This sounds like where I used to work and had to leave it got so bad everyone plans on quitting
@@tankforbank7603I have conversations with Boomers regarding the economy everyday. I am in Sales. They are simply out of touch, and have no desire to change their mindsets or perspective. Being in the higher end spectrum for "wealth" the system worked for them... these people do not care about the people whom it doesn't work for.
I had an interview a little while ago and one thing they said really pissed me off. They mentioned how I'd be expected to stay late some days (and still get paid tho). So, I inquired how "late" is late because I don't mind staying a little later but I do have a 4 month old puppy that I need to get back home to. These mf'ers said "Well if you have other commitments this might not be the job for you." Sorry I want to be a responsible adult and take care of my dog.
"I'm sorry sir, we are only hiring empty husks to put to work."
"Sorry, I thought this was a regular job not a slavery contract"
Lie to them, they don't deserve the truth.
"everyone has other commitments, you might not need to hire anyone if that's what you're looking for"
Legit went to my bosses boss regarding this subject. Ironically she not only understood completely, but she felt the same way when I also mentioned my dog and a few other logic flaws regarding scheduling.
I’m a nurse on a cardiac/pulmonary unit in the south. Most pts of ours are late 50s-80s and have low quality of life. I hate how people say “we are living longer” but our quality of life hasn’t gone up at all so it doesn’t matter
Live longer but we can't exactly work longer. It's not like we remain "young" longer. How people don't get that...
So you would rather them die...
It’s more like “we’re able to artificially inflate life expectancy to make the illusion that people are healthy enough to work longer”
"It is tasteless to prolong life artificially." _Albert Einstein_
@@qualityassurance8668 There is no solution to that problem that the pro tax side will concede to. We can't just fund people for 50+ years after they stop giving anything back into the economy. The ONLY solution is to entirely get rid of the income tax and allow people to save and invest HOW THEY CHOOSE. Even if you get a $30/h an hour job most of that is coming out in taxes and it gets worse as the pay drops. Then there is sales tax, then there is gas tax, then there is tax on electricity. You probably only get half of what you are actually paid as usable income
Slavery isn't coming back... it never left. There's more slaves in the world now than there were when it was legal.
My dad was trying to explain why it was "just as hard if not harder" to buy a house 30 years ago as it is today because they had "higher interest rates."
I explained to him that, adjusted for inflation, the salary he was making 30 years ago, and the house he bought, was equivalent to ~$175k/yr and a 450,000 home respectively.
He then realized just how much his salary hadn't been keeping up over the years, and that actually, he was being underpaid as well.
Employers learned they can pay people 40% less for the same job because people need money, and now most households are 2 income households. Instead of paying people more, they shovel the profits to the top like never before.
I wonder what could have caused this? If only we could figure it out...
They also effectively doubled the workforce with the addition of women, allowing for an approximate 40-50% reduction in salaries (the value of labour). Not that having women working is bad, but it HAS worked towards the devaluation of labour
The government loves being able to tax 2 people instead of 1.
@@evan5935lol, it's actually true, and many women dream of having a man support them, how about you let go of your job so a man can actually support you?
@@drago1uk2000cultural shift. Movies like wolf of wallstreet made it cool to be a greedy psychopath
"The kids yearn for the coal mines" is a great quote that I one day hope to work into a conversation straight faced
We are actively cutting child labour laws right now in several states
@@yt_nh9347 very heartless. Some would propose a base level of material conditions. Not a generation ago someone could support a family doing a necessary job for society like being a janitor. And felt much less alienated from their jobs. The entire point is things are rapidly worsening. And will continue to do so.
@@yt_nh9347there’s not even new jobs to replace the ones we’re losing. You need to look at thing with a Dialectical materialist analysis. Why are things the way they are, so profits can continue to go toward the top? For how much longer?
They set up a yarn down there. In the mines.
@@yt_nh9347 the sewing machine essentially put entire generations of women out of work too , I use this point to the red pillers , women DID work throughout history it's only small portions of time due to the technology and no alternative for them
Don't worry guys, in the near future we'll only be competing with more and more robots, so all we have to do is work like robots for less pay and we'll be fine!
Ez 5head
Feel like people saying robots take jobs, all lose sight of the automation and maintenance teams required to keep them running as intended.
Less unskilled workers, but creates a need for a skilled team to maintain and adjust.
I am biased, as this benefits me and drives up the demand for my skillset.
Aware
@@chrisklooz9538 You are deluded if yout hink automation is good for workers. If it was , company wouldnt transfer to automations.
@@tehbeernerd Curious: what would be your solution then?
Currently employed at Wal-mart as a stocker. Conditions are absolutely horrible going into warmer weather. Its been hot and sweaty for around a month now, and they only just started (in the last few days) providing us water so we don't get dehydrated, and even then, its just room temperature water with no ice.
Breaks have been cracked down on hard. Your break begins the second you leave your area, and ends when you get back, so by the time you walk to and from the break room, its more like a 10 minute break rather than 15. Our team leader has also been saying that bathroom breaks should be no longer than 3 minutes from the time you leave your area to the time you get back. She even followed one person to the bathroom and timed them. Absolutely ridiculous.
All the while, we've been expected to do more and more work for barely above minimum wage.
Nobody is forcing you to stay. Walmart isn't the only big box retail.
Sounds like hell
@@Veteran_Spartan depends on where you live. Sometimes, Walmart is the only place you can work. Either that, or the mom and pop that really can't afford to pay.
Just remember that Walmart could have the best air conditioning on the planet and the owners would never notice a difference in their standard of living.
That sounds awful, and illegal....water costs next to nothing (considering..) to provide to your employees. I work at an Amazon delivery station and they have like 5-7 water things around the warehouse, and it's a small-ish warehouse, where you can stop any time to grab water, obviously don't do it every single time you make a trip but yeah lol. Your place sounds absolutely horrible to work at, the breaks like that? our PA (process assistant - like assistant manager) tells us when we're done with picking routes (pick and stage) to take a 15m then either VTO or to do other work if you wanna stay. Even crazier is timing your bathroom breaks, like what? it all sounds illegal, but I'm sure somehow it's not due to loopholes.
I ran a welding robot. 3-5 welders worth of work done by a single man with a machine. The pay cap is 18 dollars an hour. All the money they save is getting pocketed by the top guys.
You mean the guys who opened the business and bought all the equipment and paid your salary are taking profits for themselves???? How dare they????
I don't see the world as worker vs. fatcat but this happened because the price of most labor is going down all the time. There are still lots of people with labor worth paying top dollar for, and they're getting top dollar. The rest of us have gotten so used to having our company take care of us that we don't just go on the market and get more for what we're providing of our own initiative, or just straight up ignore economic realities (working on an assembly line doesn't make you valuable), and instead blame people for doing things none of us would hesitate for a second to do ourselves in their shoes. It's insane
@btsnake That business owner earns 0 dollars without his workers. Remember that even if you are flipping burgers at McDonald's, the moment workers leave, there is no longer a business. Workers have value, they are the most valuable thing in a company. You can replace a CEO, not the workers. Americans need to learn from the French and go on strikes.
@@orpheus0108 the employees earn zero dollars without the business too, bud. And just as they can go work somewhere else, a business can hire other employees too. Maybe it's not as one sided as you think, but what do I know, not compared to a guy who thinks strikes are good. The mistake is thinking that labor isn't a market, too.
Yeahs, the world really needs multi millionaires and billionaires. Poor them.
Americans are so brainwashed.
The devide in wealth is at the same point as around the afrende Revolution. Its greed..
Look at the Philips brothers, The Hershey Brothers, Ford etc.. they realized that paying workers properly, giving them free time, health care and education made them much more productive, happy and content. They would also make enough money to afford their own companies product. Less profits, more to share around is what makes the world go round.
A strong middle class is needed for a stable society. Nobody needs billionaires though
@@orpheus0108The business owner can do the work, the business owner can even find others to do the work if the current ones leave. It's a balance but most people don't have a high enough IQ to understand.
I think the thing about the current situation today is that the 2008 Crisis spoiled companies. They got used to having easily replaceable, and lower wage employees, and didn't really compete for labor for years.
That has continued on past the 2008 crisis.
But that the adjustment is not coming in. The current situation is forcing them to compete and be competitive for a labor force that is able to leave and find another job if they don't like it.
"It doesn't matter what system you use, greed finds a way"
So. Fucking. True.
And when you do some research, you start to see how much worse these other systems are, than capitalism. There's a HUGE reason why people move away from socialist countries, to the US. And easily, 99% of them have said its WAY better here in the US, vs their previous lives in socialism.
@@xalderin3838
Bro claims there's a huge reason why people move away from socialist countries, then does not state it lmao
I can tell you, it's because of America's foreign policy! Imposing embargoes, sanctions and ensuring socialist countries are locked out of the global market, and trying their best to collapse socialist countries, either economically or politically!
"99% of them have said it's WAY better here in the US, vs. their previous lives in socialism."
because 99% of those people who run from socialist countries are the capitalists who used to live in that country, lol their whole business was nationalized and now runs better and smoother under the care of the workers, y'know, people who actually step into the office/factory/restaurant and do the work?
Finally, to @Alrithin
Greed finds a way, sure. Human nature is fickle, deeply flawed, and ever-so beautiful. But, instead of rewarding it's worst parts like greed and power, we incentivized things like, community, kinship and empathy.
Human nature is shaped by the system, and not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature.
Remember that, if nothing else.
@@Relflow It's anecdotal, but I'll say it anyway. My family fled the Castro regime even though they were dirt poor and definitely not the "capitalists" the regime was targeting. There is a lot more that happens in a socialist revolution than just the purging of the capitalists, so boiling those who flee down to just that group is inaccurate. There've been plenty of people fleeing such countries that left with only a couple bucks in their pockets (if even that). It's not just the rich who flee.
And as much as human nature has beautiful points to it, there are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Such as irrationality. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in.
So while I do _heavily_ disagree with the other guy and think he's being hyperbolic _at best,_ I do not think this is correct either. Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will _never_ be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands, and unfortunately it is impossible to completely change the underlying human psyche (except possibly by committing some enormous atrocity on a scale never seen before).
My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras. The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them. These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others. So to each society their own. Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism. It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for.
Everything always looks better on paper, and the grass is always greener on the other side after all.
It’s not true. That’s literal propaganda by cpaitalnowners to make you think there is no other way. “To say greed is human nature under a system that rewards greed is like coal miners thinking black lung is human nature.”
@@kindafreexp1415
Your family fled to America because America imposed sanctions/embargoes to your home country and as a result, your family's living standard declined. When I made that generalization, I was just mocking them and their "99%" claim.
"There are some aspects that we cannot change without fundamentally changing humanity. Emotions are not derived from nurture but rather from nature, and as such the issues that arise with emotions cannot and will not be solved by simply changing the system one is in."
I literally just said, "Human nature is shaped by the system, not the other way around. In every age, under every system ever known will try to claim otherwise to justify the system's contradictions when confronted with the totality of human nature."
"Neither system is good, neither system works. Humanity will never be able to create a "good" society as it currently stands..."
Let me ask you, what are your objective metrics on a successful society? I have a seriously good idea on what that looks like and I can describe you what I think they should be. The basic right of humans are enshrined and enforced, their basic needs, food, healthcare and housing are met fully and with the highest quality that is possible, they have an actual say in how their community and society's direction moves toward.
For example. A democratic workplace (i.e worker's co-op/unionized workplace) you get to have a say on how the workplace is conducted, how your hours and work is managed and then you are apart of how the company moves forward via investments and the distribution of company profits into your worker's wages/company costs etc.
Here we go folks, speedrun time.
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"My mentality is that different systems work better or worse for different cultures/peoples/eras..."
My mentality is that different systems come, evolve, and then die. Capitalism is next to step into a grave.
"...The system should reflect the people within it, rather than having a blindly idealistic system forced upon them..."
Capitalism is completely centered around the 1%. Not the 99% of workers lol
"...These "one size fits all" ideas never consider the people they are talking about, always boiling them down into a single homogenous mass that is exactly like all others..."
Yeah they do consider the people they are talking about, its just that there are ALWAYS systemic contradictions that eventually cause the crumbling of the system itself. For Slave societies, slaves get old and die and you cannot keep up with slavery forever. For Capitalism, the accumulation of wealth toward the top is an unbalancing act, causing the right conditions for a violent revolution from either fascists or communists.
"...So to each society their own..."
Yeah, until a higher society imposes its power onto a lower society causing its members to move elsewhere. In a world THIS interconnected, you cannot afford to be isolationist anymore. Cuba is a prime example of that.
"...Some maybe desire and be suited for socialism, some for capitalism...."
Everyone yearns for the fulfilled promise of being cared for and freedom to be whatever the hell they want to do and be.
"...It is hardly our place to speak for people far removed from our own notions and culture, and so these sweeping generalizations about systems always seem to be shallow in thought, regardless of what team you're batting for."
If that's how you view it, then you are really lost in a simplistic view of the world.
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"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win." - Karl Marx
It is a "surprise"
30 years ago everyone thought that advances in technology would mean we could all retire by age 55.
The opposite has happened.
Productivity gains mean more profits and less jobs but those still employed are made to work longer and harder.
As a black person that went through high school and had to learn about black history every year, the cotton jin begins to slow clap.
no one tought that actually, it's quite logic in the end... that's capitalism for you, it can't work without poor people
There's more jobs today, not less.
@@SnowBalling mind numbing jobs
@@seymaple I'll take mind numbing over the back breaking past.
Working back-cash at a McDonalds for 7 months was worst job I ever had. I still remember getting yelled at by a customer because I didn't speak Spanish. Stupid shit like that all day, everyday, on your feet, no breaks.
Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm just lucky, but it always seemed like the customers were nicer than my upper coworkers to me. They were much easier to deal with than my coworker.
Thank you for your service, not even joking. I've avoided working food service because I know its hell. I worked pharmacy and we had a drive through, that shit is absolutely brutal. Coke heads screaming over their prescriptions and I have to tell them its illegal to give them more until the next day or their insurance etc. Anyway hope you never have to go back to food.
As someone who is nice to service workers and restaurants employees, I’ve noticed that not only have customers started to act worse and entitled but so have the a lot of employees in fast food atleast(I’ve had burgers thrown towards me after they fixed my burger that they gave to me wrong in the first place). It’s usually teenagers doing both from what I’ve seen but I’ve seen some really bad adult customers😂
@@alarrim29574 well, guess if the employees get treated worse they also treat customers worse.
I worked 1st level support for some time and I would never degrade people in the service industry.
It wasn't so bad but there were some pretty horrible customers, had a lawyer from a customer emailing after the customer wasn't refunded within a week (package didn't even arrive at out facility again and law says 14 days refund period after providing proof of return-shipment).
And it was for like 100€...
And I know I was lucky, this way only email support.
I don't want to know what call center employees go through and then fast food workers have to run around all the time in a very heated environment, probably get told all the time to be faster and have to endure customers that lay out their anger issues on you.
Did you tell the customer to go back to Mexico?
Idk man, a bunch of rich business youtubers keep telling me to just buy and sell houses with no money and start 7-figure businesses overnight
I work in a grocery store. Im a meat department manager and they got us doing inventory every other week! I have 1 fulltime meat cutter and 2 part time workers. When i first started 8yrs or so ago i had about 10 employees with a monthly inventory. Its out of control
I work in retail as well, started back in 2014. It was supposed to just be a summer job but I stuck with it to grow my income. I stuck with the company while going to college and am applying to about 4-5 jobs a week.
I tell the newer guys that "back then, there were about 25 of us and we were all here. Now they've dwindled it down to about 12. We used to have 3 or 4 people closing, now we just have one...maybe two."
They're increasing the work load while doing whatever they can to pay a lesser amount of people.
What's crazy is that theyre also really stingy about full time shifts and overtime. They'll schedule you at 31.5 hrs and will write you up for even "accidentally" getting 32 because that's minimum for full time.
I was just talking about this...
Because of automation people began hyper specialisation, think about it...
People used to be generally skilled, have multiple skilled tasks to carry out.
But each time an automated solution was found... The ONLY way to keep people employed is to havvthem specialise in tighter an tighter niches.
Yup, that makes sense.
It's true. It's actually bring "professional cretinism" for people that laser focused on one skill and absolute incompetent in every other aspects of life including social skills.
Yup exactly. In broader terms, the skill sets "allowed" (unless you're an entertainer being able to clap multiple times a second probably won't help with the bills lol) are being narrowed. This wouldn't be a huge deal if folks could easily adapt and there were a ton of jobs floating around. But in reality there's a ton of competition while a lot of folks simply aren't techy enough to do the job (as in the material flies by their head. Everyone has some subjects they tend to struggle with, having jobs be based on those is a pain in the butt. Unfortunately hyperspecialized jobs in those areas means you're screwed).
The idea that automation improves lives was only true in the context of it being used to help folks. But when it's used by publicly traded large corps that are financially obligated to make decisions that drive up profits...yeah, automation is being used as a tool to oppress people. In this context AI is perhaps the worst thing that could have happened to humanity because it makes it a whole lot easier for a small group of people to control the many. This will only get worse with time and I'm sad very few people are talking about it, instead harping on about AI overlords when really we should be focusing on corporate overlords, aka cyberpunk 2077...
Reminds me of modern times by chaplin
“Staff training” is where a company takes of advantage of you by cutting your pay to a training level and then making you work full time shifts for 2 years to learn a job that takes ten minutes to learn.
good old times when my father was the only one providing for us and we still could afford to travel the world many times a year, buy expensive stuff...that days are gone
People have been caught up in consumerism and now dont know how to manage their own money anymore. Not like its taught in schools or anything but still.
@GiRR007 If this is your mindset then you come from an extremely privileged perspective. I got lucky, the right people have me a chance, but by all metrics I should be making $20/hrs in a shit hole apartment still eating hot dogs and Ramen. No amount of penny pinching would have pulled me out of that hole.
not if youre upper management.. sadlol
I’ve worked for the same company for just over five years and I’m starting to see at least partial automation creeping in. Tasks that used to take one worker hour are now only half or a quarter. Which means they can slowly downsize staff by one or two employees a year.
The richer get richer and the poorer get poorer.
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
The poor are the only ones in America who are told to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps". But the rich who take advantage of us all are literally bailed out and venerated. We have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. Rich folks who "make it" almost always have "help" from others, but they don't acknowledge this later in life after they accumulate their wealth...
"I started as a junior manager on my father's company, then i climbed the ranks and now i'm CEO, all through hard work, no luck or anything like that involved, if i can do it, everyone can!".
Or my favorite:
"i started this company from 0, all by myself, my father, who already owns a huge company, only gave me a meager 1 million dollars to start out, and then i worked hard and made this company what it is today, if i can do it, anyone can!".
^^ Vast majority of those people you described lol, and like, i have no problem with that, you have rich parents that help you, that's awesome, my problem is them trying to sell this idea of "anyone can do it", but they always hide these "small details" that i mentioned in my examples.
I work at a company where it is sec 8. The amount of poor people who just sit at home and collect checks is also a Problem.if your poor the only person who gets you out of that situation is you.
@@davidkunkle3262 For sure. I worked my life away as a wage slave and have nothing to show for it. I might as well have just sat around and gotten drunk all day... Why work for a wage that you can't even live on? The grind might work for you... but stuff like that can only last so long... most small businesses don't make it... There is merit in hard work, it's just that the profits are not shared with the workers in the US.
@@produceman13 nice give another excuse. Like I said I've worked in the industry for 20 years and that's not the attitude of these people. It's I need my check and I deserve the money. Not only that is damaging the future if you're poor you can't pass down Wealth but you can pass down knowledge. The knowledge that is being passed down to these kids is how to live off the government. I have literally seen generations of tenants were their kids grow up get pregnant before they're 18 and are on section 8 by the time they're 18. You're giving excuse for why people aren't even trying to work for a living. If your plan is to get a job at McDonald's after high School no s*** you would want to be on government help. You say it solves a problem. that is no way to live trust me I see it everyday. This isn't me thinking it like you. I see the destruction and how these people live and that's no life to have or want for someone. The real problem is the corrupt government that has sent all of our jobs overseas allows these companies to get away with slave labor overseas while we suffer here. Also section 8 is another system that incentivizes the mother-to-be single. I could go on forever about how destructive this lifestyle is. That is for the majority of people. There are some people that have nice clean houses go to work and pay the majority of their bills. If that was the overwhelming majority of people I wouldn't even have an issue. I can tell you that's not even close.
@@davidkunkle3262Excuse me, but the government did not force companies overseas. Nor, did it create our extremely large portion of poor communities. The government is simply the reflection of the dominate powers within a society. Those of whom, over the coarse of generations, have derailed a significant population from making gains. Generational wealth, property, and education has played a much larger role in those doomed communities. Welfare families are a syptom of a much larger problem...
This is not the QOL update we have been yearning for.
In the modern economy, debt is more desirable and liquid than cash is; most of the financial institutions couldn't actually handle cash based services since they're too busy creating and selling debt portfolios. Also the Credit Score is an amazing social scoring system where people are legally and socially locked out of required services because they're seen as a risk for whatever fisher-price reason that's used.
ChInA hAs SoCiAl CrEdIt yeah buddy, how's that credit score? Enjoying the food bank because the real bank won't cover your shopping bill?
Credit score is so bullshit. I had to have my dad co sign my new truck I bought after an accident because I had no real history despite putting fucking 10k down on the 15k truck.
@@Deminese2 you mean you needed a signature to use money you didn't have in the first place, to buy a new car, and somehow that's bullshit? Okay.
@@swampthing7234 i put 10k down on a 15k vehicle and they didn't trust me enough for the other 5k so yes its bullshit.
@@swampthing7234 it is bullshit, because in any other nation you don’t have a credit score. You just have to a deposit for the initial cost and then you pay off the rest over time. This applies to houses, cars, basically anything where you can take a loan out on.
Credit scores are a way to force people to use credit cards, making everything cost more just so they can buy things like normal people later on in life. Credit scores exist because credit card companies and banks wanted more money, and the government either didn’t feel like stopping them or were bribed to not stop them.
The worst part about the defense budget is it's like 3 percent of the annual budget. So the defense budget is NOT the problem.
It’s refreshing to hear someone as big as Asmongold with constructive critiques and a free thinking mind. He just won my vote.
ASMONGOLD 2024 🇺🇸
Came for WoW and stayed for economics. New fav RUclipsr.
Never played wow in my life but asmond is such a great entertainer. Imo he has a very balanced outlook on most issues.
Socialist economics
No dont! You don’t want UBI. Do i actually have to explain how a system with powers as the universal distribution of people's income will be bad for every one besides for the sugar daddies or any other privileged organ/entity.
Would be smarter for you to ride alongside the opposition. Cut loose any chains tying you to central positions of power, while improving your power in selfreliance
@@swearylie yes, it will solidify the existence of the permanent underclass
@@greenburg2276 yes. Even though central banks already have the exclusive right to form and sell otherwise worthless banknotes. So that already kinda exists. UBI would tighten grip by a lot though
Having just spent the past 4 years working at mcdonanlds I would say that fast food jobs are some of the worse jobs in modern day society and anything that comes even close to how bad of a job fast food is pays more. Flippy can have my job, as long as it aint my job no more.
try age care/ disability
Thats 4 years you will never get back, and what do you have to show for those 4 years? Not a lot probably, i did the same with a retail job, wouldn't do it again thats for sure.
Im sorry but why did it take you 4 years to realize this and not go literally anywhere else?
@Vaz G Could just be because everyone's situation is different. They probably realized it in the first week, but they likely needed to continue making money until a better opportunity arose.
@@blackhat4206 I understand, but it usually doesnt take this long. My parents who were immigrants with no opportunities worked there for a few months
Can confirm working in corporate is shit. I have 2 bachelors degrees and am debt free. I work in the aerospace sector making good money but still can't afford anything nice like a house or a newer used car. I have been working hard for over a decade with nothing to show for it. no equity in anything... and unable to even get into a mortgage for a condo or house because $200k is $2k a month in mortgage. I am now 32 years old and am quitting my corporate job to go lay down for a couple months because this hard work isn't paying off at all. Working for yourself is the best thing you can do. Corporate just holds onto the profits and waits for you to die and get replaced.
Capitalism is fine….if our government actually followed the rules. Busting up monopolies etc…this is a deep rabbit hole.
you're all delulu on that capitalism copium xD
"on that capitalism copium"
Let's take the opposite, Communism
Let me list 10 successful Communist countries:
And thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
Yes 100% we have a fascist (company, and government as one) communist ( unemployment, food stamps etc) and socialism with banks @ForWhomBellstols
USA is no longer a capitalist economic system.
The rich lost any incentive to improve the average person's life after the USSR collapsed. We used to need big armies of healthy, happy, and educated people.
lol when was that magic time period?
19:35 I couldn’t imagine working in food service. Just hearing my picky friends order their food, get mad when it’s wrong, flipping out on service workers… it upsets me. Like coke on man you act like they want to be there… most the time they don’t mess it up on purpose 99% of the time they don’t. It’s an accident, order mix up, or miscommunication that can easily be fixed.
Idk who makes mistakes, but to be honest, from my experience food gets mixed up way ,WAY to often to consider it ups everyone can make mistakes.
Its more like you are glad it was not mixed up this time.
As someone who works fast food at this very moment, I appreciate your comment and I couldn’t have said it better myself!
When I was a much younger man, when I heard these words from an American President, " Ask not what you're country can do for you, but what you can do for you're country !", I felt a cold tingle go down my spine. We have been doing and doing for our country, nose to the grindstone the most powerful country on the planet thanks to us and we get it up the wazoo the old bait and switch. People are tired. Working more and making less. The more we give the more they want for less. We put a man on the moon, a woman on the bottom of the ocean, spend millions on weapons of war, a nation based on fear. Well, look on the bright side it could be worse. My 2 cents.
Your*. What do you think of jfk in general?
@@xXJLNINJAXx another politician, just a man.
@@xXJLNINJAXx He was another geopolitical war criminal. As far as domestic policies, I don't know enough to have an opinion.
The CIA didn't like him apparently@@iPlayOnSpica
@@iPlayOnSpicamore Kissinger than JFK but yes to all.
I was in debt and freaking out because I couldn't pay anymore, and my dad sat me down and said they can't take blood from a turnip. Just that saying helped me stop freaking out
My father would say something similar, "You can't get blood from a stone."
It’s called debt maxing. Buy a bunch of gold or appreciable assets with credit. Don’t pay it back. “Lose” it. Then profit
@@Cabbage22927 instructions unclear now homeless
I agree with you about food service, I've been working in this field for over 7 years, and I 100% agree, it's super stressful.
I did food service for only a few months, realized I cant handle it. Incredibly stressful.
I dont get why people are shocked. We outsourced all of our industrial jobs. Weve allowed over 30 million illegals in the work market, which drove down wages, and everyone went to school and got saddled with a ton of debt and no real skills.
To reach middle class, i need about 60k a year. Its not that hard. U need marketable skills.
I couldn't get my bosses to hire someone capable of even understanding the job because they didn't want to hire someone that cost more than 12 $/hr. The last three hires quit on their second day with no notice.
@@snickle1980 insane story man
for that money i can't blame them
"You can get a raise without making inflation worse" Provided the owners do not subsidize the raise by increasing their prices rather than recognizing the short term loss in benefit will bring an increase in long term profit
@@MikeSW supply and demand wasn't the part of the cost analysis. As someone who has worked for good and bad bosses: My previous employer frequently made excuses for not giving employees raises that it would raise prices. However my current employer recognizes if he increases my wages to allow me to survive inflation, I work harder and he makes more money without raising prices. There is a human value in economics that frequently gets left out of the equation.
@@MikeSW Supply of what exactly is limited? If the employer is forced into paying higher wages then yes he will push the cost down to the consumer, but if the wage increase happens as part of negotiations between employer and employee then the cost more than likely will not go up. Rising prices will also affect your overall sales too, because people will be less likely to spend. This also goes into a normal cost benefit analysis by an employer when considering raising an employee's salary.
I work for a private ambulance company and for the first 6 years of my employment the parent company refused to increase our pay. Fast forward to 2018 and we got a new parent company that promised increased pay over the course of 5 years. Well they were dragging their feet until 2020 and you know what happened. All the people with experience (20+ year medics) said "Welp its about time I retire" and a lot more quit due to the heinous call volume. We were working with 40% staffing across the county during the busiest time in EMS history and the parent company not only gave us $4+ pay increases but also double double time. I was making $74 dollars an hour that year with overtime and now 4 years later we have had three more pay increases and are nearly full staffing in the county and new culture of workaholics and quality EMTs and Medics since we're compensated amongst the best in the country. We are one the most profitable counties in their portfolio now. Increased pay = Increased interest = employers can hire the best option = quality work = continuous contract renewal = $
Ueah dude has no clue, another anti capitolist who talks on the macro level, but dors not even understand supply and demand, or money supply. In this instance, more money chasing the same amount of goods inflates the price of each good. But it all starts at what is money? Or to be precise, fiat currency, which is a manipulated form of money, being printed and devaluing the existing currency. Therefore you can expect a multi millionare to become a Billionare, but the value he holds has not increased.
It makes me absolutely sick seeing how much of my check goes to SSI knowing that I may never get any of that back. It's almost as much as my Federal withholdings, which are also insane. And WAYYYYYYY more than State taxes.
Also, 5-10 years of payments is how SS benefits were ALWAYS meant to work. It was never meant to be a 20+ year retirement plan. People are more unhealthy now, but they are still living longer because of all of the drugs and treatments we have to counteract the ailments that come from obesity and generally unhealthy living.
@@Brekner you, me and millions of others. We should be free to opt out and invest our money however we want. Some politicians have tried to bring that idea on the floor, but they need our money to fund this for our aging demographic.
Abolish the federal government ?
I’m loosing huge amounts of my paycheck to taxes alone. I’m losing $1400+ a month in taxes. For what? It doesn’t seem like our taxes are being used for the benefit of the country but rather the benefit of the elite.
@@JRF32100 The amount you receive in retirement is directly tied to how much you contribute. If you contribute nothing you get nothing in retirement. Your comment shows your ignorance
@@TheAwesomeness1123 I amended my reply to cause less confusion. Obviously you have to pay into SSI to receive the benefits (or be a family member of a contributor who did). But part of the reason we are into this mess is that we have an aging demographic of a lot more elderly people not working than we have people paying into SSI.Technically those people who are contributing now are funding SSI for people who are no longer contributing. And because of both normal inflation and hyper inflation, what those retirement age people did contribute is not nearly what we are contributing now and what they actually need to live off of SSI. They paid their dues, but that doesn't change the fact that we are in a mess for those reasons. Also, you CAN get more back from SSI than you contributed, depending on what you contributed and how long you live after you initially start receiving the benefits.
When the $1.00 store became the $1/25 store it was all over.
I quit my job when the eliminated a position on my team and gave us nothing to deal with all that extra work with no change in compensation
In the restaurant I used to work at everyone who couldn't deal with resturant work quit and I had to take on 3 other jobs for 2$hr raise. I pretty much asked for a 10$ raise or I walk then they can pay 3 other people to do the jobs I was doing. They gave in and gave me 8$hr raise. I then worked for 3months straight with no days off because i kept having to come in on my days off sometimes doubles. Then I fainted on the bus home woke up in hospital then my work threaten to fire me when I didn't show up for my shift the next morning when I was still in the hospital. I dont work there anymore. Resturant work that people think is so easy is one of the most physically and mentally exhausting jobs especially in fast food with customers in *urban* cities getting increasingly violent
You managed to argue for pay but you couldn't stop doing overtime?
@@AimbotFreak I like money -Mr. Krabs
Haha I laugh about it now, but this happened to me. I automated a manual entry process with a tool and they let all but one person (he was the longest tenured) go, including myself. That guy was my friend and went and asked for a raise since he was doing all the work and he left a few months later lol
I ran a warehouse for a solar company. I had to keep track of 32 trucks their maintenance and who was assigned to them. Their registration and insurance. AND I had to clean the insides and make sure they were stocked.... that was JUST the trucks. I also had an inventory of roughly 4 to 5 million dollars worth of solar panels and Tesla power walls (batteries). I had to know the pipeline months in advance and have the jobs kitted wrapped and ready to load up the the night before. I was also in charge of purchasing any and all parts required to finish the job. All for 19.50 an hour. 4 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. I asked for a raise after 2 years and they said "We will see." So naturally I fucked everything up and put in my 2 weeks. I still get emails asking me to come back its been almost 2 years. 😂😂😂
They will run us into the ground and act like a 50 dollar amazon gift card is a good "bonus" 😅
@Abraxas99x that's insane man, good on you to get out and hopefully find something better
@@andywalker7081 went to another solar company took my knowledge of how everything worked got battery certified and they almost immediately gave me a project management position. I make my own schedule and got a company car out of it. Heads up to anyone needed a 30 hr job. Solar is booming for Enphase Battery certified personel and its like a free 8 hour course. But the industry is like omegle you gotta pick the one that's not just a huge dick. 😅
@@andywalker7081 No joke they JUST called me again asking how I was! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's like they KNOW I'm talking shit!
Average employee health plan family deductible in 2008: $1658
Average employee health plan family deductible in 2020: $4500
(Source: National Institutes of Health)
We don't qualify for medicaid, but we can't afford insurance because it cost 40% of our annual income. That sure looks like some affordable care.
Anytime the government names a bill, expect the opposite.
The Patriot Act was unpatriotic.
The Affordable Care Act was unaffordable.
The Inflation Reduction Act reduced nothing.
@@dobermanownerforlife3902 EXACTLY. I was in the military when the PATRIOT act was passed. My coworkers and I thought they were joking when they announced they were creating a US Committee for State Security... err.. I mean "Department of Homeland Security"
@@pjpleiss me too. The patriot act is why I turned down a 25k reinlistment bonus.
Essayons!
Remember that 100 million fine isn't to punish the billionaire, that 100 million is the politicians cut. We live in an evil corrupt society where the criminals are in charge.
justice should cost the government, not the tax payer.
"I don't think any specific world view is to blame (neolib), I think the people with the money to make this happen are."
This is literally neoliberalism.
I feel like Asmon's channel is basically becoming a talk show for middle aged gamers
"middle aged"
Always has been 💁🏼♂️
I think you're right.. I'm 32 lmao
We out here dawg
48 here. Now I'm going to take my bp meds.
I worked in the toy industry and everything he says really resonates. As a designer in the USA, we are overworked and underpaid, expected to work overtime and weekend, unpaid. If someone quits or gets laid off, they don’t replace them but spread out their tasks among the remaining staff. Basically no work/life balance and terrible work culture. I was fortunate to lose my job during COVID (company lost all sales and was make $0) and become a SaHM on one family income (families able to function on one income in the past vs needing multiple incomes today, and putting babies in expensive daycare at 4 weeks old is a whole other rant).
But the conditions in China are absolutely worse! They don’t get weekends off, so they are constantly working. They get a few weeks off twice a year, and they are all from villages that take a couple of days to get back to by bus. They are paid literally nothing and everything they make they send back to their families living in the villages. When people say “bring factories back to the US!” I have to explain to them that you don’t want that. First, those factories product so much pollution that they are a only allowed to be in specific zones allotted to them in China. Second, because these people make so little money for their hard labor, bringing the work here would make the prices of everything skyrocket. All the factories here operate with machines/robotics anyways so it wouldn’t create the jobs you’d think it would. And yes, the workers in China make so little money that factories using robotics are waaaaay more expensive. That’s how cheap the human labor is in China.
I really liked this video, this (and healthcare, imo) are the 2 topics that really matter. Everything else is just noise.
so... you rather have factories to be more environmentally hazardous half way across the world with slave labor wages and hours because it would be cheaper and robots would be used here anyway?
@@lordjaraxxus5418 do you have a better solution?
@@Warrenoh tax goods from foreign adversaries (china, russia, etc) to make it at least more fair to compete with made in America. There would be carbon footprint savings just from not sending materials from here, to china, and back. Hell, even change China's status from a developing country to (I forgot the other term) so they don't get subsidized shipping (basically developed countries subsidized the shipping of developing countries).
@@lordjaraxxus5418 I mean yeah thats a start, but these big corporations are going to make sure they can keep their costs as low as possible
@@Warrenoh like hiring illegal immigrant children to work in factories? Yes, this is happening.
The issue with the "has anyone improved their job" metric is that it's still constrained by the system of job availability being a churn. The rate of improvement relies directly on a rate of drop for other people. The "it's just harder" means the trend of churn is going down rather than letting people improve their circumstances.
38:40 It always astonishes me when people (left wing Americans) claim that Nordic countries aren't capitalists. They're extremely capitalist but have strong social safety nets and public services (i.e. social democracy).
I'm a CAD engineer, I spend my work hours drawing pretty pictures/blue prints/ducting designs for installers to install MVHR and HVAC units in homes and buildings. I really enjoy it! decent salary but the cost of living in Ireland is increasing dramatically. I can't really complain though, Designing is my passion and I'm lucky I got something design related after college.
In 1973 the US came off the gold standard and adopted a fiat monetary system. A fiat monetary system has inflation built into it. Inflation is a back-door tax in which the government spends and creates debt. Then, they decrease the value of the currency so when they repay the debt its real value is lower than when the government originally borrowed. However, this also causes the cost of goods to go up faster than what businesses will increase in work pay. Once the US came off the gold standard the American worker was doomed and the middle class will continue to be destroyed.
Slow but it will continue until no one can afford anything but the elite.
Pretty much this. And Socialism isn't the answer where the government will have even more money and waste it even more..
@Rae Tavia lmao… socialism is just a precursor to communism. Last time I checked, socialistic/communistic countries aren’t holding their government and large corporations accountable. The true answer is that it’s much more complex and pointing the finger at one thing isn’t going to fix it. Also, I think communism/socialism works well in a small community, but when you have a large governing body at the top, then corruption eventually finds its way there if it hasn’t already. It doesn’t matter what we do in the US because the people with the money are the ones who will always have the most control. If we want change, people need to stop playing sheep first.
@Rae Tavia "hold corporations accountable" so regulations?
You do realize capitalism can have regulations against big business.
@Rae Tavia You do realize thats not a capitalism problem. Thats a corruption problem. Corruption makes all ideologys fail in the long run same with socialism and communism. It all works in theory but the moment corruption touches any of these systems they fail. Stop getting so angry over someone who simply disagrees with you on the internet. 💀
The drive for automated workforce is a big factor in this, especially when you see self check-out areas and only like one or two people on the registers, and even though they have a bunch of the registers sitting there empty they refused to hire any more people, essentially eliminating job opportunities for more people
@@darkshad0wbee483 you’ve never worked a register, have you? You don’t need to know anything other than basic math (addition, subtraction, etc) because the computer does the math for you
You say that likes it’s a bad thing. We NEED to phase out service jobs from our economy with automation.
@@domerame5913 No, what will happen is that service industry workers will find a new job in other fields. If you believe in the billionaire overlord theory like a lot of leftists you’d realize they already have taken that option into account and history shows they’ll move to another job market.
@@domerame5913 I think that’s an unfair question. The honus of proof is on you. Tell me what industries AI will completely take over and kick most/all humans out of?
@@domerame5913 For what? What is the point of phasing out service workers if they will phase out the consumers that spend money at their stores?
I closed for an entire month for my Super Target during the entire holiday season
I was a minor in high school and it was totally illegal, but I was the only one willing to do it
Convientetly, my managers found out I was a minor after the holiday rush
How convenient. At least you were willing.
Damn he got you for the low low! 😢
I'm sorry that happened. I know it's probably not the worst thing to happen but still probably annoying to think about now and again.
did you roller skate with a beautiful girl? and make her dinner in the cafe? I think I saw your movie.
How is that even possible when u get hired they need ur id for tax purposes
Heyo target employee here an boy I got shit to make your head spin. One example: my TL had shown all of us an email from corporate demanding they write/couch us more because no one was getting in trouble for over 5 months. Now flash to today our entire shift (overnight) is gone they didn’t even say shit till the final week. Which many have kids and families to take care of. Another example: Our store director (she Spanish) celebrated juneteenth (which isn’t bad but) she mass ordered fried chicken, watermelon, and grape cool aid. She didn’t get fired but I bet my paycheck if it was a white male or female they would have been. Regardless of color that was racist af and she should have been let go. I got tons more stories including shit happening rn but I won’t rant any longer.
You know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. Most have so little wiggle room it's amazing that the owner(s) can ever make money. As much as people bitch about tipping... tipping makes it to where waitstaff is paid far and a way much better than any kitchen staff. I know this because I've worked in kitchens for 15 years. Anytime someone acts like they should boohoo over waitresses or waiters I feel like the beat redheaded stepchild versus the spoiled rotten kid. Most waitstaff do not work as hard as kitchen staff.. the difference is often literally night and day. And the pay disparity is atrocious. Most restaurants work on a 30 30 30 system hoping for a 10% return on cash flow 30% wages, 30% food costs, 30% overhead (energy, rent taxes....) often because of waste and mistakes return on investment ends up being closer 3-7%. If a place is mismanaged (even slightly) it either gets shutdown or just goes out of business. You say pay them a non-tipped wage I say tip the kitchen first then sure. But know that every penny extra paid in wages is attached to the price of your food which will change form 30 30 30 to 35 28 27 maybe more. The price tag on the food will go up at least 10%.
It's insane that people think the service industry is easy, I worked in the service industry for a year. I'd never make that mistake again. For reference, I work in a mid level IT position at the moment, I did high end, and it was too much responsibility, and the low end is pretty much the service industry, so mid level is perfect for me. I will say that my work takes more skill than the service industry, but working in the service industry is much harder. Mainly, people have no respect for anyone, and managers don't know how to back their employees. The customer is not always right. Don't get me wrong if I feel like something is affecting me in a bad way and theres nothing you can do I'll be the customer you hate, but I'll flat out tell you, just get me your manager, it's not your job and you don't get paid enough to deal with people like me. I know the manager can't do anything either, but it will ruin metrics and cause problems down the road if I make a big deal about things that are adversely affecting people.
Ever since i was born i Haven't seen one thing get better, not one, so i ain't surprised
Hey, they say we might get cancer vaccines by 2030 and Alzheimer cures by 2040... although those may not be accessible in a country with a healthcare system like the US...
Your penis ???
Jk
Porn is much better, so is fetishes and niche hobbies like gaming and music creation. Some classics will always be peak tho.
Sure Jan
@@erikrulez17 it has just a little since Elon Musk took over Twitter
These kind of vids where Asmon spits common sense on issues most ppl know the truth about but are too afraid to admit or talk about are my favorite....
@@MikeSW most americans (American here) have no idea how to critically think - even through common sense things like the relationship between (IQ) averages and population sizes. Easier just to shout at the "other" and repeat what they hear.
@@MikeSW I love and listening to so many macro econ podcasts. Let me tell ya, the last 5 years or so I have delved into this subject. I have met maybe 3 people that can talk economics, trades, inflation deflation. Seems like people love money but dont understand how it works. Inflation isnt because of capitalism. Its because of fiat currency that goes buuuuurrrrrrrr. Americans need finance classes in school. I sure as hell wish I had learned it. We are seeing keynesian econ in practice right now. We need Austrian economics. Markets cant just keep going up and up. Its like a car running out of coolant, you keep running it hot with no break or cool down (deflation) your gonna blow the thing up.
Surprisingly that is not common sense.
So in 2017 my grandmother passed away of an aneurysm, a year later my grandpa is informing all her credit card company's that she has passed away and they expected him to paying off her stuff. I'm not sure if that's what happened, I only remember it being stressful for a time.
@Grant Todd marriage is a financial contract. If your spouse makes debt, you are liable.
You should not inform debt companies of a loved ones passing, you should immediately begin the probate/will process and only go out of your way to pay stuff that they file onto the case to make a claim for, call the card companies 'as a nephew that wants to cancel her cards'
back then you werent legally forced to buy insurance on anything
My favorite thing about living in California is working my way up from McDonalds cook to a pretty decent security job just for the labor union to come in and raise minimum wage for food and labor jobs by $4.50.
Now, starting next April, McDonalds crew members will be getting payed $2/hr more than a security guard that had to spend time and money to become certified and whose job it is to actually deal with dangerous and distasteful people
act 235 certified? (along the lines of i just realized its on for PA)
@40:40 tbf, Asmon, the title of the video isn't Why Work is Getting Worse (and how to fix it). It's just a video showing reasons why work is getting worse.
Here's a crazy idea. The reason social security and similar programs are at risk of becoming insolvent is because the same thing. Social security doesn't get paid into by the ultra wealthy who pay less wealthy accountants to skirt all SS taxes. The middle and lower income classes pay into SS every single paycheck, but because of this same problem its not enough. Cost of goods and living increases and SS benefits are worth less. The taxes from wages from people who pay them are worth less money.
Ultra wealthy pay SS and often opt out of benefits because they don't need the money.
That indeed,
add the runaway, unaudited military budget of the country
($800+ Billion dollars this year alone) Billion with a 'B'.
Makes his
"buy less bombs statement" truly something to consider.
Between that and the fair tax contribution by the wealthy, you could almost eliminate child poverty in America.
But some boardroom of shareholders somewhere would vote it down probably.😕
Not exaggerating.
take note that most stats released by the 'US bureau of labor statistics' are delayed by several years (only show up to 2019 today), and many of the graphs used in this video are up to 2010, it is significantly more skewed towards the top now. The middle class is a shadow of what it once was, only the $15 min wage may make the stats look decent, but that itself was mega corps like amazon forcing competitors to pay more for labor, because they already had a massive automation advantage... then the other companies have to fill more roles with fewer employees, so even entry level jobs require 5 years exp to work in a grocery store... corporate greed, stockholder wealth over stakeholder wealth... more money concentration more control.
The problem is, just like everything else, its not just right or wring, there are so many levels of pros and cons that need to be looked at, the real issue is a lack of checks and balances, regulations that create a safer work soace than we have now. Lobbying is one thing that needs to be looked at in great detail because in a lot of cases it is being used to thwart many of the freedoms that we have and used to have.
Its fun to watch a financially successful pundit condemn "capitalism" and then try to sell something.
Very true. I consider myself blessed because I have an awesome job with the government that pays 80k a year, get pension for life, free health and dental, and 4 months off every year (paid) I’m a college teacher but it wasn’t always like that for me. Got the job a year ago and up until then, I worked for private companies making 33k a year and was ALWAYS broke. Sad that the only way I could make money is to work for the government: just goes to show that companies don’t care about you. The only school I finished is trade school (electrician) honestly, that’s the way to go now.
OH and government does? try telling that to the people in Concentration camps or the Gulag take your pic.
@@tau12usr85 wtf are you talking about???
@@tau12usr85 clown
With a major shortage in people with trade skills, ie the guys that install, program, wire up, and maintain the automation systems, has created a spike in value to people who have the right skills.
Substantial increase to what's offered, and guys like me get recruiters reaching out nonstop.
The college or bust messaging us middle aged people grew up hearing, worked. Now we are seeing them try to fix that as we see the older generation retire, it's leaving a giant hole that we can't fill.
@@Gungrave123 I can assure you that is not true, in a factory or large facility setting. Maybe for some turnkey machine, like a hot dog stand. But the automation taking "all" the jobs is being done in large facilities, and I can assure you being installed, programmed, and maintained by electricians, mechanics, and automation techs, none fall under what I consider white collar.
And still hordes of floor associates, in highly automated facilities.
@@Gungrave123 most automation process aren't setup with complex code.
Now the way some distribution places are setup, maybe that is being done at a higher level. But the machine that picks stuff up and sets it on conveyors is likely programm on site, and adjust as needed by someone with dirty hands
Id do trade skills but i aint working 10+ hours a day picking up someones slack
I work in a small manufacturing plant, we make metal parts (cups, cones, spacers, some aerospace parts) for a few bigger companies. I’m only 21 and finally feel like I can somewhat do things on my own besides a few certain changes to dimensions and how to actually write a program. I should probably try to start taking a few classes to help myself. I also really enjoy working out for my mental health and I’m really weak in general. There is little to no time left in the day to do even work and go workout. Thankfully I still live with my parents and only have to pay for my car loan. About 3-4 years ago, our company was bought out and got 2 new bosses due to the old owner finally retiring. One boss actually knows reality of the workplace and the other just wants everyone to be a complete robot and half a few people make sure the machines are running properly while others get parts out and check them. This dude expects maximum efficiency when we have to deal with bullshit material that isn’t cut straight cuz we have fucked up saws in the back. Like he just doesn’t understand reality it’s crazy
Not to mention I get paid shit and even the actual well knowledged machinists don’t get paid great and this boss wants to hire people that don’t know anything and just click a button, very smart business plan and we’re already starting to really struggle
I work for CAT. I see all these old folks breaking their body for no reward. And I refuse. Were union so we make the same, I get 7.5 machine hours a day and 1st shift gets mad at me because he gets 10-12 machine hours a day. But he doesn’t understand he’s doing it to himself.
The guy in the video does not understand that capitalism has always been two things: free market and the regulatory framework. Most people forget about the second and blame the first, when it's the regulatory framework the one that needs to be adjusted for the free market to be fair and equilibrated.
People aren't really living that much longer. The reason why that number goes up is because we have way less infant mortality due to medical technology.
The 156 members referenced in the vid at around 10:16 are part of a conservative committee that released a proposal in 2022 to raise the retirement age to 70. But the proposal was never voted on, according to a committee spokesperson. The budget also includes the signatures of only 16 House Republicans. No such vote actually took place. The reason this guy brought it up in the video is because, like so many ignorant people in the world, he saw a tweet that went "viral" from Occupy Democrats and people started believing everything they hear.
based and fact checked pilled
im 5 minutes in and im already depressed
think imma go skip to something happier lol
@@marllonluizsilva2556 true, the solution is the idea that has never worked
skip the comments too. every one is an expert , went to school to get a good job, but are still unhappy about their life and job. Others are lucky to enjoy their work. Social media is fucking depressing.
I had a good day today at work, pushing shopping carts until I clicked this video.
@@omegajunk-n3e word bro
i enjoy my job and the people there, im a baggage handler at the airport
but then i think about making enough money to provide a family in the future, which is when it gets real tough
@@marllonluizsilva2556 no it's greed, blaming capitalism is dishonest, until you find a way to fix greed, the economic system you use won't change that
Just got done working at a restaurant for roughly 7 years, there is a huge difference from paying the staff hourly and working for tips. Hourly staff members were cooks, cleaners, back house people you would normally never see, hosts working the phones and registers. The only ones working for tips were waiters and waitresses and a bad night they made around $80 in tips plus $4 an hour on a 5 hour shift, a good night same hours could make $300 in tips and the best night over $800. Most I paid out in tips for a single night to one person was over $1,200. If I paid 30+ people on my crew $1,200 a shift or $240 an hour damn right my prices would be going up. Even if it was the average and say $280 ish a night, $56 an hour times only the 5 waiters / waitress on that shift then double that for the 2nd shift. That would cost me $2,800 more a day on top of the food cost and the other 23-27 other staff members hourly wages. The only way I could see that not effecting my prices would be if I paid every staff member $15 an hour and kept all tips for myself. I don't think anyone who makes $300 a night would be willing to say hey I would rather do the same amount of work and only keep $75 and I really don't think I could get em to give up the nights they make well over $600-$800.
I'd rather be homeless than work in a slaughterhouse. Not vegan or anything, but killing hundreds of animals a week for a living sounds like a nightmare
32:36 we don't need to talk about bringing back segregation, black activists demand it from their side
I think what we need to do is decouple certain aspects of life from the market entirely. I think we need to make more things utilities and the like. Focus on reducing cost of living, maybe even use a different metric to measure it. As much as I don't like it at the end of the day predatory monitization in games might make them less fun, but I still have food water and shelter, I'd prefer if we focus and priotize those things that matter, then slowly expand that list. I don't need the free market to innovate a new kind of house for me, I just need a place to sleep.
It’s funny to me how people never stop talking like you even though people like you have a 100% failure rate on actually improving things.
@@bhec7715 I'm talking just talking about putting some better regulations on important things like we have for food, water, electricity, etc. Those have been absolute improvements and you can look to places that have privatized water access to see it's a really bad idea.
Asmongold watching Second Thought, the crossover I never knew I needed
Ive quit 4 jobs since covid. Its not even the work its the people. People arw fkn crazy and annoying
I've been working at the same place for almost 2 years now. People keep quitting because the place is awful, because there's less people they ask us to work harder for the same pay. Then the only people who stay are the people who desperatly need the money to survive like me... and you end up with a workspace full of selfish people who dont want to do their job but are only there to get by. Everyone trying to do as less as possible, effing everyone over.
@@LeonardoTheMomo I am that person. I will do bare minimum to stay and i they cant fire me for it. And others should do the same. Work smart not hard. Fuck the higher ups, just do you.
I do hope and pray that good things happen to everyone in this comment section sooner than later, especially those who are working hard to provide for someone. Im getting severely angry having to see hard working people get taken advantage of by employers and the current workforce
It’s corporatism he hates not capitalism, capitalism is fine
“It’s beneficial for ppl who have a lotta money for this to happen” that’s just indirectly saying this is caused by neo-liberal capitalism
Postmodern dumbocracy
@@MikeSW basically the alt right
Anecdote: I’ve watched a lot of people come to work in manufacturing from a typical food service job … most quit within a week. It’s not easy being treated like a machine 60 hours a week.
Yeah! You should try it 😉 bet you won’t. Lol
You're right about the life expectancy.. It's only going up for rich people.. For everyone else, it stagnated decades ago.
My biological father and my stepdad both died before they reached 60.. They never got a single penny of all that Social Security they paid into. It makes me see red when politicians start talking about raising the retirement age.. Someday someone is gonna snap on them.
They don't care because they're all on Alzheimer's medicine.
I worked at a retailer when I was 16 and dumb and I swear we did so many OSHA violations. I have a permanent shoulder impingement issue from hauling 300 pound reclining sofas over a 1.5 foot gap on a broken loading dock as well as carrying memory foam mattresses up 10 ft racks on wheeled ladder stairs all by myself.
I work for the NHS in the UK and everyone's job has got exponentially worse over the last 10 years. The NHS is an example of a great British institution that is being ground into the dirt by government greed. I urge everyone in the UK to take action to protect and preserve the NHS, even if you don't work there chances are you'll need it at some time in your life, most of us begin and end our lives in hospital at least. The staff here are massively overworked, understaffed and underappreciated, people don't realize how desperate things have got until they are admitted. Don't wait until you need something before realizing you have taken greater steps to preserve it. The only people that benefit from living in the UK atm are the ones that DON'T work, and believe me, good will is running out. Laziness and greed and stripping those that deserve help and assistance from receiving it. To my mind ABLE people that choose not to work are nothing better than thieves, the only difference is they steal from everyone.
Your vibe is so chill and cool, glad I found you. Last month kombucha was $2.99, now it's $4.49. This is insane. I work at a food place so I get tons of food for free and save so much. I'd like to get something more in my skill set, but at the rate these food prices are going up, I ain't going nowhere!
Inflation only went up like 3 percent. Capital owners use it as an excuse to inflate profit. They hit record profit year after year. They literally have to. Because it’s a flaws system
34:25 you don't like that is not a valid argument, dude. Capitalism is so constructed - it's a zero-sum game, accumulation game, some jobs (very few) improve TEMPORARILY but ultimately capitalism finds a way and we're fucked. You're left with car on subscription, you can't repair it, you practically don't own it, same with phone, same with adobe suite, same with your fridge, your house, etc. All you own is your clothes, and all you earn you spend on basic needs, like the cheapest food. That is capitalism.
Asmon has never worked actually. This is just for views unfortunately
UBI won’t make things better, it just puts a band aid on a economic and social issue. If we get to the point where UBI is necessary, it’d be better to just remove money altogether and go to a full meritocracy.
Based!!!
16:15 1 person getting a raise won't raise inflation. Raising the minimum wage, putting more money into millions of people's pockets will however increase the amount of cash in circulation which could increase inflation, probably not by much but to say they have no relation at all is naive.
if the boss earns less, executives and managers all of a sudden they would have enough money to pay wage increase
“It's all these people talking about how great technology is, and how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work.” - Before Sunrise (1995)
i can't even find an offer to apply for because everybody now expects 2-3 years of experience and a baggage of IT knowledge meanwhile I have master's degree in economics.... Idk what to do. I guess I will become a youtuber at least it is gonna be fun.
You should have known economics is a Ponzi scheme for the elite lol.
Says capitalism needs to go while directly benefiting from capitalism… stop the cap
The best part of this is that with the introduction of things like chatGPT, we move closer to a time when even the most abstract jobs are going to dissapear. Eventually the 1% will become the .001% and the system will crack and the entire country will fall. Then Universal basic income will be the only way to live. Eventually it will happen. I believe capitalism is good, but it needs more regulation.
I know probably no one will read this. But IQ is a value of ones potential not their intelligence. Someone with experience will out class someone with "more IQ". Anyways that's my 2 cents.
If I owned a company, and I designed or financed a way to do more with less people... sorry but that's a win and if I want to pay myself more because of that, well that's also up to me, because it's my company. If you think you should pay every worker for every action they would otherwise do without automation, I welcome you to start your own company and see how long it lasts. Don't just start with modern automation though, don't forget to make sure you pay them for how long maths would take without a calculator. Also, since you want to be "fair" you should pay your landscaper for how long it would have taken him to mow and trim with his bare hands... we cant have automation cheating those blue collar workers out of $$$!