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Originally Posted by Wolven
I don't think it is satire. I am just guessing but I think the intent is that the people building the people of the future should be paid more than O&G workers. Or to put it simply: Kids are more important than Oil.
One mindset shift I have focused on is the populist notion of there only being 2 classes. "Middle class" is a lie to enable culture wars between workers. Upper-middle-class is just a bigger lie for the bug climbing to the top of the dung heap.
The only classes in our society are Working class and Owning class. If you are not a billionaire (or high level multi-millionaire) then you are a worker. Once we all get into that mindset then we should stop hating on other workers and trying to pull other workers down. That is literally what the owners want: Isolate us and have us fight each other instead of them.
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EDIT: Actually I don't agree that you can make the blanket statement that teachers should make more than all O&G workers. Do they deserve more than the guy who's working 24/4 in rainbow lake, living in a camp with shared bathrooms, terrible food and working all day in -40? More than the welder who saved up $100,000 for a welding rig and works in a fab tent for the rest of his life? I'm not sure, you can ask the teachers if they would swap jobs I guess.
This is probably true of any industry, no? Just seems odd to point the finger at O&G and instead of saying teachers should make more, O&G workers should make less lol. Anyways I agree with sticking together. I work in O&G and haven't spoken to a single person here who isn't in support of the teachers, and teachers' in general. The major I work at is also supporting people who need help with childcare (letting people work from home, extra days off, do what they can to accommodate, etc.) I guess it's just a little off putting to see all these people including myself championing the teachers only to get thrown under the bus with misinformation.