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Once again, if everyone is to be paid equally, as has been established, why would most people choose to do physically demanding jobs?

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It’s really not my argument. I’m saying we can work fewer hours.

However since you insist on bringing up the point of pay equality, under the current system, how can you justify the following discrepancies:

Why should a fireman risk their life for $56k? https://www.indeed.com/career/firefighter/salaries

Or a teacher who’s bringing up the future generation get just $36k? https://www.indeed.com/career/teacher/salaries

Whilst a web developer gets nearly double for sitting on their ass? https://www.indeed.com/career/web-developer/salaries

Why does a plastic surgeon earn $100k more than an oncologist (who is, I’d argue, much more likely to save save a life) https://www.forbes.com/advisor/in/education/doctor-salary-in-us/

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The only one of those that is hard physical labor is firefighter and it is not the consistent physical labor of farm work. Have you ever even been on a farm?

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Lol. Congrats on the laser focus there.

I’m going to leave you and your farm workers, ditch diggers, miners etc, to it.

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