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Originally Posted by dobbles
Furthermore, the larger point I was making about both conversations is not that people can't use menial jobs as stepping stones or temporary gigs, but that in our current economy it requires a plethora of those jobs exist. So if we all had our dream job who is left to flip the burgers? And to the other point, if everyone were to pull themselves up by the bootstraps who is left to flip the burgers?
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Do you have any stats on the percentage of jobs, both global and domestic, are considered menial? You got me thinking and I am very curious. In my small city, I would think its a small number. Obviously global manufacturing and food production changes that, but I wonder. I'm not an economist, but I've often wondered if the world needs poor people. Okay, now I'm getting way off topic.
My point is just that everyone needs to start somewhere and not everyone is going to pull themselves up by the bootstraps at the same time leaving no one available for entry level jobs. I've worked some crappy jobs in my life, but I did them well and got along with my co-workers. I have little sympathy for millennials complaining about their jobs.