i barely make that with a degree

So maybe there's a reason people mine, then?

its a dangerous job

Some people like Danger.

farming is slightly less dangerous

yeah, but what happens if all these men getting kicked out of school or not going to college flood the market

If I had the option to start working as a bike courier again, I'd do it.

though people die farming all the time, lots of people die all at once when mining goes wrong

So much damn fun zipping in and out of traffic.

and on the flip side, what happens when those mining jobs disappear

there is only so much minable resources inside the US

we gonna hopefully be mining asteroids by then?

```But miners and their families here say that as compelling as the money is pride in an industry in which generations of West Virginians have invested their blood, sweat and tears.```

weve never come close to depleting all resources from the earth, what we actually do is get to the point of the resources left being very hard to find

did i say earth?

i said US

same deal

same principle.

Yeah, I see Arch's side on that.

people have been mining in the old world for thousands of years before we started here

okay, fine, we have mined all the cheap stuff HERE, but not elsewhere

same point, do these people leave the country for work now?

aint no where to go

generations of Virginians now need to leave Virginia?

I really wish I could post a picture right now.

https://imgur.com/gallery/QKeNZ

asia and europe are cheeply mined out now, south america, africa, australia, and antartica are the only contanents that dont have their surfaces almost completely scowered

the future of mining when cheep mining is done is either in those contanents or more expensive mining

hopefuly with technologic advancements to keep that cost down

however when mining gets expensive its not the people up top who are going to take smaller paychecks

just like how its not people up top who take smaller paychecks in farming

less farmers are nessicary to farm the same land while they are also paid less than that labor may actually be worth because the desire of the consumer is always for more to the extent that you could reduce the amount of food consumed in the united states by 60% without anyone NEEDING to starve but people will starve anyway because of unequal distribution of food

demand for food has actually reduced its value strangely

because its gotten so much easier to produce

demand didn't make it cheaper, the cost of production went down

i supose

and the laborers producing it didint see much benefit from that

farming seems to be historically unfriendly for labor

its often the work of slaves in history, when its not, usually farmers would be disrespected by land owners

sometimes you get a society with respect for farming but doesent seem to last

it doesn't last because automation is just so much better at it