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Dude never said "working class" they said "middle" and their point is that a diverse field of labor used to and should earn that sort of status. The winnowing and undermining of the pay structure has pushed more people lower than they should be. What their place is inside that structure is not relevant to the opinion. This has nothing to do with their personal financial circumstances.
First, the poster I replied to literally says "working class", I'm not sure if you read the wrong post.
Second, the point I'm making is that its silly to expect a field of labor to exist forever, and to pay well forever. Sure it would be easy and nice, but thats not reality. When the cycle of change happens yearly now, and we can live 100+ years, we need to accept that we need to be ready for change and the learning that comes with it.
I understand the reluctance though, its far easier to just dig in and defend what you have.
The world changes all the time and it really would benefit people to move with it when possible.
How can people efficiently move with it when the cost of college/higher education is what it is?
By making retraining/advancement programs cost-prohibitive, we are creating and perpetuating a permanent underclass. Particularly when we are also defunding and attacking public K-12 education
It does not seem prudent or accurate to blame the working class for the societal conditions in which they exist