See for yourself. You work honestly, 40 hours a week, but what do you have enough for? For food, communal apartment, rented house. Is the apartment your own? It's very difficult. A car? On credit for years, if approved. Start a family? And what to raise a child for and when to engage in parenting if you are constantly at work?

And then you really think — then why work so hard? After all, even if you give your best, you still won't have enough for a life worth working for.

Of course, there are those who do better — smart, educated, and have found themselves in successful niches. But even they feel the pressure! Mortgages last for decades, work until the night, stress, and competition is growing. And these are the successful ones! And what about the others? The system is slowly pushing everyone, it's just that some are stronger, others a little less.

I remember my parents telling me that previously it was possible to support a family more or less peacefully on an average salary. Now technology has developed, efficiency has increased, but it has not become easier for the common man. It's a paradox.

There are people who talk about lazy people. But maybe it's not just laziness? When automation develops, competition for jobs grows, and salaries do not keep up with prices — it is logical that people begin to doubt the meaning of super efforts.

And all this talk about «the market decides everything.»… The market may be efficient, but fairness is something else. A teacher teaches children for little money, a nurse saves lives, and someone earns many times more on speculation. Is it effective? Maybe. Is that fair? The issue is moot.

And the funny thing is that those who defend this system consider themselves to be realists, and those who are dissatisfied are whiners. But maybe it's worth listening to these «whiners»? Maybe they notice something important?

I don't know… maybe I don't understand something. But I intuitively feel that when honest work becomes a way of survival rather than a normal life, it's worth thinking about how to change this.

What to do? Maybe we should talk more about these problems and look for solutions. Support each other, not blame each other for laziness. Think about how to make the system fairer for everyone.