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Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by js8 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:32AM (#29138901)
> they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family

What are these jobs good for then? How is society benefiting from having people doing this for so little, as opposed to them getting a proper job (that is supposed to support a family)?

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Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by refurb on Sunday November 07, 2021 @09:43AM (#29139791)
Because not everyone needs to support a family?

If a 16 year old needs a job are you saying the jobs should support a family?

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Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by alphabettsy on Sunday November 07, 2021 @01:04PM (#29141832)
The people quitting their jobs to find a living wage and consistent reasonable working hours at McDonald’s aren't 16 though. They’re the people who these jobs aren’t “intended” for. Now that they’re gone where are all the 16 year olds that these jobs are “intended” for?
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Re:The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion by refurb on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:17PM (#29145259)
They’ll either find people at that wage or they won’t.

I’m not sure I understand the handwringing. If some guy opens a used computer shop and asks $1,000 for an old 486 chip I don’t worry about “who is going to buy it?”.

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