If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that we should not devalue our essential workers. Especially not more than we already do sadly. If these professions suddenly stopped, we see societal collapse. And yet ”we”argue they are less valuable than an executive who needs THEM to be rich…

"You're gonna flip burgers at McDonalds" Dude, have you tried flip burgers?

EXACTLY!!!!

Most brickies are on £20 an hour, how's that poverty wage?

Kids with useless degrees and 40k in 7% interest student debt will blame every single other thing before their ivory tower academics. I've never seen the left so committed to a group of social elites as they are to their university professors/admins.

Homeless Overqualified Too Old

Most 'unskilled' labor was explicitly jobs for slaves, and even then there was a secret 'seasoning' period of up to three years for the 'unskilled' labor to get good at their job, which absolutely wasn't training or gaining skill because, well, slavery.

If a job were truly unskilled there would be no reason to ask for a resume

In my life I’ve worked as a babysitter, fast food worker, stadium vendor, waitress, receptionist, assistant, PA, coordinator, UPM, 1st AD, Producer & Director THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNSKILLED LABOR

In my life I’ve worked as a babysitter, fast food worker, stadium vendor, waitress, receptionist, assistant, PA, coordinator, UPM, 1st AD, Producer & Director THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNSKILLED LABOR