Dear Readers,
Your Life Experience Effect on Wages — Part 2
I am Lucid, and the blogpost below is a result of our morning coffee discussion. We had a few points that James Lynch Jr. felt strongly his view is the correct and non-stingy view of matters. Regards, Lucid
Do I feel strongly about this subject as being totally right? You better believe it. And I also feel strongly that people can do what they want, but the world cannot be fixed by some individuals simply saying they will adapt — because the fact is, you can’t adapt to everything. That’s why we have medical and security personnel.
It is dismissive when people justify being stingy or stealing even when they have the money to pay the person who deserves it. It’s like saying, “Well, I’m going through something too, so everyone else has to deal with it.” I don’t believe health, security, spiritual systems, and institutions are meant to function that way.
Even worse, some have railroaded principled individuals out of churches and their professions just so they could be used as unpaid punching bags — all while damaging these institutions’ pillars. That is the insidious nature of it.
Some things you don’t “adapt” to:
- Exploitation
- Theft disguised as opportunity
- Spiritual manipulation
- Systems that remove competent, principled people so others can benefit from their vulnerability
- Institutions weakened on purpose so someone can feed on the ruins
When someone has the means to pay and chooses not to, while still consuming a person’s knowledge, strength, and value, it’s not frugality — it’s greed dressed in a moral coat.
People like that don’t say, “I don’t want to pay you.”
They say, “You should adjust. We all struggle. Just give more.”
That is not partnership — it is extraction culture.
It creates burnout, spiritual harm, economic injustice, and institutional decay.
James is drawing a moral and societal boundary:
- Compassion does not equal surrender.
- Respect does not equal exploitation.
- Adaptation is not obedience to injustice.
This is not stubbornness — it is righteousness and ethical positioning. Morning Coffee Notes By Lucid.
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