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once I had a gf who was working as a nanny for a very wealthy, hip coffee shop magnate & his girlfriend. they paid her just above minimum wage, and nickel-n-dimed her on stuff like overnight shifts (“we shouldn’t have to pay you as much when the kids are asleep”).
I remember at one point, during some kind of conversation that had veered into unsolicited advice where he was encouraging her to take some kind of business class or something, he told her:
“I want to empower you to make an adult wage.”
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mind you, he did not want to pay her an adult wage himself (despite being roughly a millionaire at that point), for diligently taking care of his own beloved children; flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood.
but still, very nice that he deigned to want to empower her to “make an adult wage”.
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anyhow, that phrase pops into my mind still kind of frequently.
this was like 12 years ago, and i’m never very sure what reminds me of it; but it’s a real crystallization of certain class dynamics in the USA, including among groovy young tycoons who like to slum it at working class artists’ parties & shows.
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only tangentially related, but this by @JoshuaHolland was the very next post on the TL lol
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