I have an honest and open question here: Why is it that some occupations are really looked down on? I think the answer mainly lies in attempts by the moneyed class to keep us fighting each other instead of them. It’s one more age-old tool of psychological control perhaps devised by Sun Tzu himself. Despite having almost 3 decades worth of experience in information technology, I find myself working as a security guard and it’s amazing how people treat us as worthless.
I feel like a glorified and uniformed Walmart greeter. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy being kind and friendly. I do not enjoy being the subject of ridicule. This ultimately brought me to the whole notion of the occupational caste system in America. We are judged by what we do for a living. This basically forces me to seek self-identity elsewhere. I am fortunate enough that I (mostly) do not see myself as a failure; ‘Murica failed me as it has done so many others.
I feel like the folks that work so hard to make life livable, safe, convenient, etc. are often accorded the least amount of respect. I already do not love what I do and I feel like I am in a state of chattel slavery. This makes my already unpleasant job that much more difficult. Then I have to be a whipping boi for other peoples’ problems!? And then I have to go home and worry about how I am going to make ends meet. I have had enough of this broken system.
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