I agree that within this capitalist hegemony you can find shining examples, yet they are fewer than what you find in a true democratic socialist state where the majority of people are middle class. Nobody should be working so they can practically beg for scraps to survive,which is basically what tipping is. Also just because something doesn't take as much skill doesn't mean it doesn't need to be done. Why should people have to move to other professions to earn a living if they like the profession they are in? Many of those who work for places like McDonalds or Walmart like their jobs and would like to stay in them, yet they are forced out because they cannot make a living wage doing them. Or they end up having to take two jobs to survive. I remember in my parents' day that it was normal to work for 25 years for a company and get a gold watch and a pension out of it, and now that is impossible.