Why is it so difficult, AEF, for you to understand that a lot of people cannot afford to just walk out of their job?
It is difficult, but not impossible.
I've traversed this planet 3 times and traveled many regions of the U.S. and I know better than to claim I know as much about it as you seem to think you know.
Provides no real insight.
Yet another incorrect assumption on your part. As I stated above, what I have learned in my travels is that making blanket assumptions that "anyone can always change their situation" is a mistake of inexperience. I've not yet come close to seeing the entire world or even all 50 states and I've learned better than to make statements like you are making.
Unless you live in some third world shit hole, "You can always change your situation" is a fact. No one said it would be easy or changes would come quick. It is a process. You are never stuck in a situation if you have the will to change it. EVERYTHING IS A CHOICE.
Ever been in Appalachia and seen the dirt floor shacks in your own country? I have. Some of them eventually escape that poverty - but until you have lived it, you have no clue whatsoever the effort and mindset required to overcome it.
Third world-like shit hole.
We're talking about civilization here.
Give us a brief resume of those "plenty" of jobs and the major moves you've made to acquire them. It might (or might not) add some credibility to your claims. Did you recieve any help from your parents at any time? Did you get kicked out of a foster home when you turned 18? Lets have some details.
I've worked in construction, carpentry, some welding, the usual crap jobs one does when they are a teenager, delivery, hauling and even student teaching.
idk what you want I moved out when I had enough money (20) and have taken care of myself.
3 of those were gotten when the economy tanked. I just showed up (All of them were small business, btw) they saw my resume and I was hired.
Companies like Wal-Mart have been screwing over small communities ever since Sam Walton died and his entitled children took over and turned it into the Chinese Products Distribution Network.
I agree. I dislike most of what Wal-Mart is about.
And there's always the option to join the military and fight for the interests of the Military-Industrial Complex and maybe get lucky enough to avoid the infantry and acquire a skill employers might be willing to pay you for.
You can totally avoid any fighting roll actually. The vast majority of jobs in most of the branches are non-combat roles. Fuck, join the Navy or Coast guard if you want 100% insurance of not fighting and getting a trade.
That's exactly what I did - But unlike you, I will not sit here and tell people that they can "Always" change their situation if they weren't so defeatist in their thinking - because I walked a mile in their shoes and learned it's not always as easy as the modern success literature industry claims.
I just disagree. I will concede that there are some areas of the US that may be more difficult to get anything better (basically rural places) but overall, i think anyone can break out of their 9-5 depressing job and attain a better life if they pool their resources and start from the bottom and work their way up.
If you want to take beef for our current situation, take it up with the very idea of the techno-mania that is modernity.
