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Seriously, whilst I agree, what can I do about it.

I can't raise the capital to start any business that could challenge these things. I work too many hours to sustain my family to do anything serious as a side project.

I can't find anywhere more progressive to work than where I am, if I could I would move. I have a set of skills which seem to match what Marc wants, yet I earn less than the sales and marketing people.

I can't vote for a political party that wants these things because they don't exist, and couldn't exist in the UK without a massive benefactor.

All I can contribute is an upvote to your article. If someone would buy me a house for my family, and enough cash to run it I would join this crusade. Until then, just an upvote.



Learn a new skill that allows you to build something that is meaningful to you.

If you give up, you've already lost.


Working more is not a guarantee to becoming wealthier or living a better life.

And "learning a new skill" can take an interminable amount of time. Leisure time that we have less and less of as our commute get longer, due to housing costs, and as our jobs cut more and more jobs and put more and more work on individual workers.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" We need to build the boots first.




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