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Or because people need more to make a living? The whole argument of "it's a shitty job and shouldn't be used to support you" doesn't really work anymore.
That doesn't have anything to do with what I said.
Of course it does. They just aren't playing into your false-dichotomy fallacy. They deserve to be paid because they spend their work time at a job and they deserve to be happy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
Its a very true dichotomy.
Hey let's hire Ashok for this position! He's really good!
Oops, sorry. Bob Whiteman has been here for 30 years. He's just good enough not to fire but he has seniority so he gets first dibs on the job.
Hey, let's give Ashok a raise! He's really good!
Oops, sorry. Bob Whiteman has been here for 30 years. He's just good enough not to fire. It he's been here the longest so he gets paid the most.
The false dichotomy is assuming your choices are a massive adversarial bureaucracy or not making a living wage.
"It's a very true dichotomy!"
Proceeds to make up an imagined scenario with a ridiculous fake name to prove it's reality.
Found the guy who never worked a union job.
Found the guy with the superiority complex mad that the union didn’t fall for their sucking up to the bosses.
Not how the union works. But thanks for trying.
Yeah, it actually is.