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jadedaslife t1_j3qt5i1 wrote

Reply to comment by jensjoy in Walmart cashier, 82, retires after TikTok raises $100,000 by greatestmofo

So we're supposed to be unhappy about this? How do you tolerate such a level of suffering? I can't.

Yes, we tear down the system. In the meantime, we find good by getting through and helping people who need it. Helping people who need it, after all, is and always will be the way.

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Padhome t1_j3qtysd wrote

Because the best thing you can do is work within that system to change things, they can only be fixed from the top down. The issue is, no matter how many people you get to donate, the issue is systematic and there are thousands and thousands more like him that will not get these, and they will die alone.

The more we spin stories like this as if they were a positive, the more toxic that positivity really becomes, because it's almost excusatory for the horror that brought it about in the first place.

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jadedaslife t1_j3qvcts wrote

It's only excusatory if we let it be excusatory. Celebrate human generosity while telling the robber barons at the top to go fuck themselves, is the way.

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Padhome t1_j3qw12w wrote

Statistically though, most people use stories like these to feel like the world is doing just fine and they don't have to do anything about it. The headline should read something like "80-year-old man forced to work is saved only through the generosity of strangers, while thousands more like him go unnoticed"

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jadedaslife t1_j3sw94m wrote

Meanwhile, today I have flipped out about how all money is funneled to the top, so I guess I have pulled a 180. I even wrote "what is sustainable? Working a job that pays half the bills plus a GoFundMe?"

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VaderBassify t1_j3uqn6g wrote

lol why is the guy with "jaded" in his name the only one here trying to look at things optimistically?

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jadedaslife t1_j3y30wx wrote

I was even being realistic about it.

Of course, I am jaded also because Reddit hivemind exists.

EDIT: People would rather doomsay and use it as an excuse for inaction. I'm glad someone gets it.

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