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Even 5 years ago, friends that are physicians have been balking at their wages. Even as specialists, they’re very well compensated, but living in any decent siz
by firstplacelast 3y ago
Even 5 years ago, friends that are physicians have been balking at their wages. Even as specialists, they’re very well compensated, but living in any decent sized city has left them feeling ripped off.
I mean, they’ll be fine. They’ll have lives above 95% of people, but they’re disappointed because their 300k salary (and some with a physician spouse,
So 600k) isn’t buying them what they thought they would get even in places like Dallas, Memphis, and Charlotte.
Absurd and not looking to garner empathy for these folks, but just to say no one’s feeling accomplished or stress free monetarily. Seems extremely fucked up, but maybe I don’t have the higher level context. Maybe highly paid physicians, tech workers, etc always felt poor in the 70s-80s-90s.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI used to think that inequality explained everything, but perhaps I've grown up a bit and now I think it just explains most things. I attended a lecture by Robert Sapolsky some years ago and he was quite big on studying stress responses in primates. One thing he said that stuck with me was that in highly unequal primate societies, they measured higher cortisol levels amongst all members; even those at the top. Certainly it seems that the pathologies of American society have only intensified along with wealth inequality, but obviously teasing out cause and effect is fiendishly difficult at such scale.
- firstplacelast 3y agoThat is interesting, worth a think. Thanks for sharing.