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"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Exactly. If all labor was valued equally, why would people bother becoming surgeons or air traffic control people? Those can be very high stress jobs and require specialized training to do properly. Higher wages are a huge part of why people choose those professions.

I agree about executive pay, but dismissing unequal pay is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.