RE: Best not to dwell on that...
July 31, 2018 at 6:56 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2018 at 7:03 am by John V.)
(July 30, 2018 at 3:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yet wages remain depressed. You have a hard time connecting dots, I see.
No, I connect dots differently than you do.
You connect dots as if an individual's fate is mostly determined by powers outside his control.
I connect dots as if an individual mostly controls his own fate. From my view, although real wages may not be growing, a particular individual can experience greater success than his peers by making smart choices.
(July 30, 2018 at 5:33 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Yes, no doubt this country will be even greater once all American workers have become rigid narrow minded drones and exported all the jobs requiring broad view and flexibility to China, India, the EU. Canada and Mexico.
Which jobs are those?
Better to be a drone making a good buck than an unemployed or underemployed journalism major.
Quote:How important and valuable can your job be if even you can pass yourself off as being able to make a contribution?
I wonder that myself sometimes, but I keep getting raises and could change employers any time I like. Go figure.
