How do you folks overcome the guilt of privilege that we have compared to blue collar folks?

Felt the same thing few days back. Not sure how to overcome guilt but really puts everything in perspective.

I completely get the feeling. Over the years, I have realised that it all comes down to respecting all types of work and realising that the joy they feel on getting paid is similar to the one we get when our salary gets credited. Additionally, I think what we can do instead of feeling pity for them is to acknowledge the fact that some(most actually) blue collor jobs require more physical effort and we should be considerate with folks in this profession. For ex: if your apartment doesn't have a lift, it's not necessary to always call the delivery guy to climb 3 floors, because for you, it might be just once that you climb up and down, but for them, they have to do it the whole day.

Not all blue collar folks struggle.. in cities and big towns most of them earn as much as a entry level software engineer.. and hardly any of them pay taxes (legally).. saying all blue collar folks suffer is similar to saying all farmers are struggling...

If we think about how most folks in our country make a living, most of us on a platform like this are definitely privileged. The only thing we can do is be aware of our privilege, make the best of the opportunities we have and help more people around us rise up with the tide.

I just look at the other side where I make pennies compared to billionaires.
In the end it's just a who can hoard the most wealth dick measuring contest.

Agree with you on this. I always tip them on swiggy since I feel bad about their condition. If my company made me travel on a 2 wheeler during Summers/rain, I would probably resign on the same day. But these folks do it everyday for a much smaller salary. Not to mention the construction labour and mine workers who face even more hazardous conditions.

I guess when blue collar workers think about us, they justify the privileges we have by thinking that we are educated and solve much more intellectual tasks and are contributing more to the GDP and that justifies makes us living comfortably.

Similarly how we corporate workers think that celebrities and sports people are justified making our annual CTC in just a few days of work because the amount of publicity they bring to a company and market reach makes them far more valuable than us.

Don't be in guilt buddy, rather empathise with them. You are privileged because you fought a few battles to get here.

And people who want to make the best out them will eventually do. S

I try to settle it with "Nothing is equal in this world". Planets, nature, organisms, 5 fingers on our hand, everything, they all show the inequality

That's why we have the idea of Karma. Your current situation is a result of your past actions or pest lives. Why are you privileged? You were a good cow in your last life. Why are some others not? They were horrible life forms torturing other beings. May not make sense, but makes one think "don't do the crime in your past life if you can't do the crime in your next".

Good luck going down this rabbit hole. You’ll carry guilt if u hv it better than u ever made efforts for. If not, don’t look down on those folks… Society has made this mess. Life is more than just money or convenience imbalance… Go make a golden memory for them somehow apart from money which even they can’t think of… That might truly help them and u when u look back