Weazelfish t1_j9bevm4 wrote
Reply to comment by no-comment-3 in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg
This is the most exhausting discussion in the world and it keeps. happening.
no-comment-3 t1_j9cb6vh wrote
Part of the reason why the discussion keeps happening is because more and more people are being brought into it. Fresh ears need to hear it, even if the voices are tired.
It's important to know when and how to take breaks from the work so that it doesn't burn you out, and so that you can step back and strategize about where you're going to put your time and energy.
thzmand t1_j9g2cf0 wrote
Actually what people need to do is look out for themselves and their families. Nobody gets their rent paid this month because they were morally progressive. Actually we have very little responsibility towards one another, as evidenced by the fact that our moms were the last people to pay a bill or solve a problem for us.
You have kids in school today who lost a year of instructional time, are graduating into historic inflation and a recession, who can't afford a house, who likely will struggle to make good on their college investments....but people think they "need" to learn about something beyond what puts money in their pocket. It's a really pathetic ideology to think that anyone "needs" a religion or philosophy. If you are living on your own and working you don't need a damn thing more than the skills you sell to an employer. Because nobody is giving you jack shit in return.
no-comment-3 t1_j9gu0fz wrote
I personally want to work in a world where what you're saying is true.
Unfortunately, the reality is that in some sectors, in order to feed your family, some people may find themselves required to put up with illegal abuses of power in order to be allowed to keep their jobs, or face other barriers that limit them unfairly.
If you think those barriers and abuses don't exist, well, congratultions on your lottery win, sir.
thzmand t1_j9hwab4 wrote
>Unfortunately, the reality is that in some sectors, in order to feed your family, some people may find themselves required to put up with illegal abuses of power in order to be allowed to keep their jobs, or face other barriers that limit them unfairly.
That's the reason behind my sentiment.
Busy-Okra-7732 t1_j9ckf0a wrote
Idk it's really only been a few decades.
Weazelfish t1_j9ee7er wrote
Maybe it's short on a historical timeline, but I am so tired of the knee-jerk 'but I don't hate anybody' reaction
Uncynical_Diogenes t1_j9crlnc wrote
>happening.
Idk about this word. We never actually have the discussion, and I can tell, because the word “reparations” is still a bogeyman.
No, I think this discussion keeps getting hinted at, and you’re tired of the hints. Because if we actually ever had the conversation, you’d have much more immediately relevant things to complain about.
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