• @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        The people in this picture worked too, then the system collapsed due to rampant financial speculation and they were made destitute. Along with hundreds and thousands of others. People literally starved to death during this time.

        If your response to the idea that perhaps things could be better for the people who work and contribute labour for your stuff is “well if you don’t like it, go live in the wilderness”, you suck.

        • @[email protected]
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          -610 months ago

          Go farming. Grow your own food. Build your own house. Vote for a government that provides social services. Forage. Barter. Get a different job.

          There’s like a thousand solutions.

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            10 months ago

            Sorry, just go farming and build your own house? Do you think those things don’t have significant upfront costs that would be a barrier to people in precarious conditions?

            This is not a serious argument, it’s completely detached from the actual barriers people face in reality

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              Really, those things have cost? Seriously? No way!

              Next thing you’re going to tell me is that the people who already incurred in those costs (farmers, construction workers) want to earn money to cover those costs and their labor!!

              What a scandal!

              • @jpreston2005
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                310 months ago

                you seem to lack critical thinking. This type of anecdotal “wisdom” you’ve adopted merely allows you to dismiss the true nuances of undertaking anything you’ve commented. You know more often than not, things are more complicated than a casual glance would suggest.

                • @[email protected]
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                  -110 months ago

                  Yes, it’s super complicated “people expect compensation for labor”. It’s PhD stuff.

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                    10 months ago

                    me

                    your view lacks nuance and is a vast oversimplification

                    you

                    oversimplifies again, to hilarity

                    moron, confirmed