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[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There was a time when those productive jobs paid as well or better than white collar jobs.

Not anymore. Not unless you own the business.

Plenty of them still do, I've got friends who are builders and electricians and they're making nearly double what I do in an office job.