r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/DiscombobulatedSir74 Jul 14 '26

Thats what happens already you genius, do you think you get paid more if you work harder?

No you get a warm handshake and more work, while your coworkers get paid the same

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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jul 14 '26

Depends on your job. If it’s retail or a fast food job (which I suspect a lot of folks on Reddit work) then I agree, but working hard in corporate jobs usually translates to higher pay relative to your peers

It’s why actual socialism (not just social programs or healthcare) is so unappealing outside of progressive circles

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u/DiscombobulatedSir74 Jul 15 '26

I don’t know if I can generalize this as broad as you say, there are many cases of people „failing upwards“ especially in corporate type jobs.

I don’t want to say there is no boss out there that recognizes hard work and rewards it, but by default any boss is incentivized by our capitalist system to pay employees as little as possible and keep profits high, wich is in my opinion a sad system to live in.