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Unfortunately that is not the approach most people take. Oddly enough I have two friends, one an EMT and the other an RNA, both of which are paid terribly (well below $21hr), but love to share the ever popular memes that make fun of fast food workers asking for higher minimum wage.

It's crazy to me that they feel taken advantage of, but decide the best option is to try and push down those who are even or below their pay grade, instead of focusing their sights higher at those at the top.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality

>While any one crab could easily escape, its efforts will be undermined by others, ensuring the group's collective demise.


The Principle of Least Action applied to human collective instincts.




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