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Being a solider is dangerous. Being a nurse is dangerous.

The real problem isn't just wages - it is also that our society decided some jobs are for people not bright enough to get into university so stigma hollowed the pride of the working class and that is what really cheapened and demoralized their labour.

Mike Rowe nailed it.



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