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[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (26 children)

Talking to someone who justifies this kinda shit is always a trip. They'll say that people who aren't earning a living wage just need to work harder and pick up a marketable skill to improve their situation. But you can simultaneously get them to agree that many of these low wage "unskilled" jobs need to exist for society to continue functioning, so which fucking is it?

The answer is that the capitalist parasites and their horde of boot lickers believe it's totally acceptable for there to exist an underclass of human beings born to work until their bodies give out for the enrichment of their superior employer.

They can't afford to live a dignified life doing the shit I need them to do? That's fine, just toss 'em into the hole when they stop working and replace them with the next generation.

Honestly man, I'm getting real sick and tired of pretending to be above violent retribution when it comes to these people. My blood fucking boils each and every time I need to look my boss in the eye and pretend to smile as they say farcical shit like "we're all a family here" or "let us know if there's anything you need" while paying me exactly the minimum wage and hiring the exact number of employees it takes for them to avoid giving any of us enough hours to qualify for benefits.

Anyway, Stalin had the right idea with gulags, and we should bring those back. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You really had to go and ruin it by praising Stalin right there at the end, didn't you.. 🤦‍♀️

(to be clear - eat the fucking rich, but that's not what gulags are for)

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

eat the fucking rich, but that’s not what gulags are for

The "fucking rich" / bourgeois are to be shot, not sent to gulags. That's for the idiots supporting capitalism.

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