I don't understand these people's mindsets. I've read a few comments on reddit stating that SWE should earn less because so does everyone else, instead of wanting for everyone else to earn more. Unbealivable how some people just want to pull others down out of spite.
If everyone else earns more, nobody else earns more, because of inflation
In a zero sum world this is true. However if we have technology to harness energy more cheaply and produce what we need more cheaply you will simply have abundance. But if everyone is doing BS work and fighting over a dwindling supply of good things, you have high inflation of those good things and they become unaffordable.
You’re right, I think the implication is executives and shareholders earning less to make that happen.
Supporters would probably say that this would come at the expense of investors/shareholders.
It doesn’t, it comes at the expense of other people in the delivery driving industry, who are kept out of UPS jobs by the union
You really have an ax to grind on this subject. Can you explain in more depth what you mean by that, exactly?
I don't think delivery drivers should be paid three times the salary of teachers.
Surely the solution you have in mind is to increase teacher salaries, right?
Wow, why didn't anybody think of that before?
Then the answer is to pay teachers more, not others less, right?
Whats the actual difference? If everyone gets $170k or if everyone gets $100k or if everyone gets $50k? They will all get the same amount...