As a Gen X mom who raised two Gen Z kids, I’m often told how different they are from many of their peers. I credit that to the extra generations they were raised around. They spent a lot of time with my Boomer parents and my son played high school baseball for a coach in his sixties who didn’t tolerate excuses.
As a result, complaining wasn’t allowed, accountability was expected, and they were taught from a young age to contribute to the family instead of just taking from it.
No I work in retail where I can quite literally see how much money I’m making the company. I’ll do anywhere between $600 and $2000 in a 5hr shift while only making $71. It’s more radicalizing to see the dramatic extent at which your surplus labor is being extracted https://t.co/a7Ie9F65gT
— Jack (@whothehellsjack) May 18, 2026
My son started working full-time as a Firefighter/EMT at 19. He’s now 26 and just got promoted to Lieutenant. He works incredibly hard, regularly picks up overtime to help us make ends meet on our family compound, and basically maintains the entire property himself (with occasional help from his firefighter buddies). He doesn’t spend his time thinking about how society should pay him more for 'the good he does.' He knows public service jobs are underpaid and underappreciated, but he shows up and does the work anyway.
Compare that to 'Jack,' who works retail. Showing up for his shifts is commendable, and there’s nothing wrong with starting out in that kind of job. But he doesn’t yet see why simply hanging clothes and running a register doesn’t automatically deserve a much bigger paycheck. 'Jack' may not fully understand that the business owner carries all the risk — paying the employees, the rent, the insurance, healthcare, taxes, and every other expense. 'Jack' clocks out and goes home with zero responsibility for the store. The owner never has that option.
It might be eye-opening for 'Jack' (and a lot of other young people) to go through an old-school Junior Achievement program to learn how businesses actually work.
Is the argument here than when the cashier scans a $45 bag of dogfood, he has personally made the company $45? https://t.co/D5srQJc4N1
— Koookiiing🥳👍🏻🌞 (@Koookiiing) May 19, 2026
Apparently, that is Jack's takeaway and it's quite misguided.
I scan the items for customers as they retrieve goods from my store. I had no hand in designing, manufacturing, distributing, or advertising those goods, but I think I am responsible for 100% of that income https://t.co/WSDCZXy3QJ
— Overeducated Gibbon (@MostlyMonkey) May 19, 2026
But Jack stood there and pushed buttons or something.
I guess part of being a leftist retard is ringing up a bunch of crap at the check stand, totaling it, and thinking “That’s how much money I’m making the company.” https://t.co/GtENPB0Pe9
— Slumdog_Chillionaire (@SlumRNA_Dog) May 19, 2026
At their core, Leftists live in la-la land.
Leftists are ontologically toddlers who have zero working knowledge of how anything works ever. No, you didn’t make the company $2k while making $71. You rang up $2k in revenue on inventory you did not buy, in a store you do not own, using systems you don’t pay for, etc. https://t.co/sZEno9wPIB
— Imp (@impostersyndrum) May 19, 2026
Also, Jack is probably overpaid if we are being honest.
