You look at poorly paid or unskilled workers and you say such thing as
They should improve their lot.
They should go to college.
They shouldn't look it as a career.
They should stop watching TV
Why don't they do something with their lives
Stop breeding
Bootstraps, pull, yada yada, and stop demanding being rewarded for mediocrity.
Just some of the marvelous advice being floated by the right and many in the middle.
How dare they demand a livable wage.
How fucking pompous and condescending can you get?
Go on give it a try.
Not everyone can be on the board of directors obscenely profiting from the hard work of thousands.
The absolute minimum anyone and I mean anyone can expect is that they are "rewarded" for their work with enough to pay for the basics in life.
This makes economic sense when people can pay for the basics and have a little left to spend the market place grows. Giving even more to the wealthiest wont expand the market one iota.
Everyone has worth, everyone has value, and everyone has something to contribute to society in general.
Abuse, mockery and disdain contributes zero and will in the end cause harm.
Poverty grinds you down, poverty kills.
Rather than spitting upon those that struggle, offer a helping hand, rather than mocking stand with them.
OK so you are a relative success, did you really do it all by yourself, answer honestly.
A livable living wage?
Not everyone has the opportunities to be as wonderful as you.
Sheesh.