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It's not really discomfort. It's the fact that any benefit technology would give us is being monetized and abused to the point where it's not enjoyable. I have this phone because employers expect to be able to contact me 24/7, and because governments want to spy on me, and companies want to harvest my data so they can profit from me. In return im given just enough to make it to the next day, and a screen to distract me from how fucking pointless our society is.
A skilled/educated American worker should be able to retire comfortably at 50 without having to worry about how they'll afford healthcare.
Companies make millions off you, then you give a few thousand because they know if they ever paid you a fair share, we'd all realize how much they've been robbing us this whole time.
I did that, and I'm an unskilled American worker. Never had a tech job in my life.
Not sure why you make a distinction between skilled and unskilled workers. If anything, 'unskilled' workers should be able to retire even sooner since they often do work that strains the body.