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The choice is yours. The formula is simple. If you take the job then do your very best at it. In that there is honor. In that there is dignity. In that there is personal integrity.
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How is there honour in making other people rich? How is there dignity in serving congealed fat as food to children? or mopping the floors of a bathroom?
The Nazi's presumably took their jobs very seriously, was there honour in that?
And have you ever done those jobs? I did while in high school. Those jobs, and especially any jobs dealing with the public, are hell. There is no opportunity for advancement in those fields. They are dead end jobs, designed with high-employee turnover in mind. Unlike Stompy's computer programming job, these jobs can be done by anybody. If an employee quits, they just hire an illegal immigrant and pay them less money.
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by only paying minimum wage for a job that they willingly took.
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People take such jobs because there aren't other alternatives. I didn't work in fast food because I wanted to, I did it as a means to an end (a way to earn money to pay my car insurance). Not everyone is lucky enough to find a job he/she likes to do. The porn industry requires certain physical attributes not everyone has, and not many people get paid to sleep and watch TV.
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Work hard, work smart and develop your skills so that you can earn a better than minimum wage living.
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That's nonsense. The richest people are usually the ones who don't work, they live off trust funds or family connections (George Bush, the Kennedy family, etc).
The way to earn more than minimum wage is to keep your head down, not risk anything, and just do what you are told. But you will never have control over your own destiny if you do that, and many people don't find that a satisfying way to live.
But hey, don't get me wrong, you'd probably love me as an employee. I always show up on time and I do everything I'm told. I even put on a happy face at work. But deep down, I know that the company I work for, and me by extension, is doing evil work. I resent it, but I also recognize that it's too late in life to try and do anything different. It's not hard to make money stealing from other people, but it's hardly just.