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jadedaslife t1_j3qvcts wrote

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

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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