Not only that, but the people that DO go into those fields nowadays are largely doing so not because of their passion or calling in that field but rather because they want to get rich.
It really is ridiculous - I’m in the higher income bracket in my country but drive an almost 15 year old tiny car that uses less gas than most modern cars and people keep asking me if I only got my girlfriend’s car today if I show up with that…
I hope you are not talking about medicine as the example lists. In a capitalist society these roles remain undervalued and most people struggle for much of their career to pay debts. If you are going into medicine to get rich you are ill advised and foolish.
Actually, I am SPECIFICALLY talking about the medical field though it applies to other fields where you can print money if you have a degree…and your defense of them is that medical school is EXPENSIVE?!? Of course it is. American society has commodified everything that even remotely can improve one’s lot in life. I should excuse the greedy people that are quite literally part of the problem because they pay middlemen too? That’s a logical fallacy and it clearly shows that you are definitely one of these people. The only people who excuse this behavior are in the medical field. Let me guess, you are vehemently against Single Payer healthcare?
How many doctors have you visited that DON’T GIVE A SHIT about their job and just go through the motions after they get their own practice? Personally, 80% of the doctors I’ve visited would fall into this category, clearly only taking the job because it meant MONEY. They don’t bother keeping up with science after school, an overwhelming majority drive a $80,000-$250,000 car and live in the richest towns in the US, are in the pocket of a dozen pharmaceutical reps, prescribing expensive drugs when there are MANY alternatives with equal or comparable results, and treat the nurses and orderlies around them like stray dogs.
Sorry someone hurt you, but this is just a very skewed view. Medicine is one of only a few fields requiring high degrees of training and investment that isn’t keeping up with inflammation year after year. If you just against an upper middle class in general that’s a bigger issue that you aren’t going to solve anytime soon. If you think people aren’t entering the field for it’s payoff, don’t take my word for it look at all the alternatives with better pay and less debt. Sure there are some bad seeds out there, but they are also fools and a minority. I hope you find better healthcare in the future, and I’m all for healthcare reform and you guessed wrong (for Christs sake, I’m on Lemmy - why are you betting against obvious statistics).
We estimated that on an annual basis, universal coverage would save the lives of 68,531 Americans.
Someone (literally anyone who financially benefits from private healthcare) hurt every single person in the United States by killing roughly 68,531 of their countrymen needlessly.
I shouldn’t say it’s all bad: Healthcare is what ripped the mask off of our society once and for all, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that a society built on the fiction of free market capitalism is one that at its foundation, relies on the death and suffering of millions to sustain itself.
Not only that, but the people that DO go into those fields nowadays are largely doing so not because of their passion or calling in that field but rather because they want to get rich.
The cliche is Asian parents bullying their kids into it “because money”
Sad.
A fancy car does not equal any respect from me.
Generally reduces respect from me.
It really is ridiculous - I’m in the higher income bracket in my country but drive an almost 15 year old tiny car that uses less gas than most modern cars and people keep asking me if I only got my girlfriend’s car today if I show up with that…
In my limited observation, everything in capitalist societies revolve around money (power) and appearances (illusion).
I hope you are not talking about medicine as the example lists. In a capitalist society these roles remain undervalued and most people struggle for much of their career to pay debts. If you are going into medicine to get rich you are ill advised and foolish.
Actually, I am SPECIFICALLY talking about the medical field though it applies to other fields where you can print money if you have a degree…and your defense of them is that medical school is EXPENSIVE?!? Of course it is. American society has commodified everything that even remotely can improve one’s lot in life. I should excuse the greedy people that are quite literally part of the problem because they pay middlemen too? That’s a logical fallacy and it clearly shows that you are definitely one of these people. The only people who excuse this behavior are in the medical field. Let me guess, you are vehemently against Single Payer healthcare?
How many doctors have you visited that DON’T GIVE A SHIT about their job and just go through the motions after they get their own practice? Personally, 80% of the doctors I’ve visited would fall into this category, clearly only taking the job because it meant MONEY. They don’t bother keeping up with science after school, an overwhelming majority drive a $80,000-$250,000 car and live in the richest towns in the US, are in the pocket of a dozen pharmaceutical reps, prescribing expensive drugs when there are MANY alternatives with equal or comparable results, and treat the nurses and orderlies around them like stray dogs.
Sorry someone hurt you, but this is just a very skewed view. Medicine is one of only a few fields requiring high degrees of training and investment that isn’t keeping up with inflammation year after year. If you just against an upper middle class in general that’s a bigger issue that you aren’t going to solve anytime soon. If you think people aren’t entering the field for it’s payoff, don’t take my word for it look at all the alternatives with better pay and less debt. Sure there are some bad seeds out there, but they are also fools and a minority. I hope you find better healthcare in the future, and I’m all for healthcare reform and you guessed wrong (for Christs sake, I’m on Lemmy - why are you betting against obvious statistics).
Save your bullshit.
Someone didn’t hurt ME. Someone prioritized profits over saving 70,000 lives a year in the United States alone.
Someone (literally anyone who financially benefits from private healthcare) hurt every single person in the United States by killing roughly 68,531 of their countrymen needlessly.
I shouldn’t say it’s all bad: Healthcare is what ripped the mask off of our society once and for all, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that a society built on the fiction of free market capitalism is one that at its foundation, relies on the death and suffering of millions to sustain itself.