• @dumpsterlid@lemmy.world
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    38 months ago

    It’s a tough situation.

    In terms of power dynamics over who is treated with value and who isn’t in modern society then yes it is a different situation to fix, however in terms of complexity this is a very simple situation.

    • Tax the rich
    • Pay Pharmacists and Pharmacy Tech jobs a living wage
    • Hire more employees to reduce the workload.
    • @Kage520@lemmy.world
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      48 months ago

      Not quite that easy but I agree in general. I would have to add:

      • cap school costs to a % of expected income
      • continue to pay pharmacists more than techs to incentivize the lost years of wages for school, but decrease how dramatic that pay difference is
      • All jobs should pay a living wage as a minimum. Those with a bit more responsibility for people’s lives should also come with an incentive for the increased difficulty, so pay the techs a bit more than the minimum, or no one would want to do it.

      Techs do currently make (barely) a living wage in my county. But by that I mean the living wage on MIT living wage calculator, which is BARELY enough to get by. No vacations or any frills. Just not getting further behind every month.

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        28 months ago

        Techs do currently make (barely) a living wage in my county. But by that I mean the living wage on MIT living wage calculator, which is BARELY enough to get by. No vacations or any frills. Just not getting further behind every month.

        ^This is how we treat people who do the labor of making sure the right prescription medications are put into the right bottles so that the general public can efficiently access the incredible variety of modern prescription drugs necessary to maintain a high standard of healthcare in the community?

        What the fuck

    • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      18 months ago

      in terms of complexity this is a very simple situation.

      • Tax the rich

      Leftist moment rofl. Next, I will share my simple solution for world peace:

      • stop doing war.
      • @dumpsterlid@lemmy.world
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        28 months ago

        This is hilarious, you honestly think taxing the rich is on the same level of difficulty as creating world peace?

        I mean, it makes sense that you would think that given the society we are raised in but that is an absolutely bonkers position to take.

        • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          It’s a little bit of hyperbole but the point is it’s not simple or easy. It’s an incredibly difficult thing to do.

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            8 months ago

            A little bit of hyperbole? “creating world peace” is considered the most hyperbolically hard problem problem that people literally use it as a comparison to point out something might as well be impossible.

            Taxing the rich is not impossible it is rather simply a choice about how we choose to value human lives in a society. Stopping war in comparison might as well be considered impossible next to policy choices of how to structure tax rates on the rich.

            I will admit though, taxing the rich would go a longggg way towards making the world a more peaceful place especially when workers organize with an explicit understanding of how the working class everywhere all over the world is intimately connected in the same essential struggle, Shawn Faine’s outspoken and impactful support for Gaza as the head of the United Auto Workers union is a clear example of how workers organizing for their fair share of their labor can lead directly to a more peaceful world.

            • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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              18 months ago

              “creating world peace” is considered the most hyperbolically hard problem problem that people literally use it as a comparison to point out something might as well be impossible

              Yes…that’s…exactly what I did.