Yes it is, the “reality” for 100 years ago was a lie.

Literally 100 years ago was the build up to the great depression. The side was “workers should be able to eat” versus “the workers shouldn’t have rights”

Fast forward 40 years and it was “it’s okay to sit next to black people” vs. “Races should not mix and any attempt to do so should be met with extreme violence”

If it makes you feel better this would be an unliveable hell hole without AC. The American south is no joke.

Basically there’s 3 to 4 months every year where if you’re outside for more than 5 minutes you’re drenched in sweat.

I just turn the air down 2 degrees

Depends on the subfield. Archaeology is in high demand due to historic preservation laws.

But yeah capping out is annoying, but also common in a lot of fields.

There’s a lot of jobs in the private and public sector for people with anthropology degrees. In the US, anthropology is taught as a four field approach encompassing Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Archaeology.

Each of the subfields have different levels of hireability based on a bachelor’s degree.

I personally only have a bachelor’s and live well. I have a home and live comfortably. But, to your point, I have essentially capped out my earnings. I can’t make more without obtaining a graduate degree.

This explains why people gave me a hard time for getting an anthropology degree…

If you’re going to take an “exit plan” there are a lotnof revolutionary ways to go about it