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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by reducesuffering on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @12:17PM (#39192796)
Did the book have no answer? Status (in drug dealers' circles, the gangster/thug is higher status than a fast food job), more independent lifestyle hours (no 9-5), and seeing a way to move up (a la become Scarface) that culture doesn't portray from a "dead end" McD's job.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by red-iron-pine on Friday February 09, 2024 @03:11PM (#39319917)
that's correct. they speculated -- they're economists, not sociologists -- that it was about status, hours, lifestyle, and the get-rich hail-mary long-shot potential.

workin McDs or Kinkos is eating shit every day, wearing a uniform, etc. and is fundamentally emasculating when compared to gang culture.

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