No offense to Robert, but this is pure fiction. America has never had jobs at profit-driven companies that were "meant for teens". That's something we convince ourselves of to justify the fact that they're shit jobs with low pay. Because we think kids deserve that but not adults.
https://twitter.com/RobertMurphey_1/status/1362849011883982852
Next comes the trope about forcing Teens to do shit jobs to "build character". All of this is part of a fiction that is meant to a) provide cheap labor to multi-billion dollar companies and b) shame adults who are forced to take these jobs into accepting lower pay.
There are 10 million plus people out of work right now. But we're gonna sit here and say a company like Uber is supposed to be using teen drivers? McDonald's employs 200K people today. That has gone *down* in recent years. It makes no sense.
We don't talk enough about how much capitalism relies on spreading lies and propaganda in order to function. Owners work hard convincing workers that this is all we deserve and they're doing is a favor. That's a big part of why labor movements are hard. People believe the lies.
Uber has *millions* of drivers across the world. They are still not profitable. But it's not because they are paying actual wages to human beings. That person in the previous thread is crying because he *lost* money on this delivery.
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
I swear once you wake up to the truth of labor exploitation, you'll never be the same again. Some folks are still on that journey. And I'm not knocking anybody who hasn't picked up on it yet. But I'm done entertaining the fictions. Don't talk to me about jobs meant for teenagers.
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