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Only a child brings their activism to work. Do the job you were hired to do; it is your livelihood and how you survive. Their priorities are all mixed up, but I

Only a child brings their activism to work. Do the job you were hired to do; it is your livelihood and how you survive. Their priorities are all mixed up, but I can't fault them too much. Such people were raised by others who told them that their feelings matter more than objective reality.

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Larrikin 2y ago
What place is so terrible that not only do the children have to work but conditions are so bad that the children need to protest and be activists?
burner_etc23 2y ago
Dictatorships run on people who think "I was only following orders" is an adequate excuse.
solardev 2y ago
And that, folks, is how we ended up with the shitty everything we have in today's world.
ath3nd 2y ago
> Only a child brings their activism to work. Heavily disagree. We are not robots/tools to simply do what we are told, we are people with free will and morals. It's only a child that will simply do what they are told by "authority" without asking any questions, having any objections, and not having an opinion on their own. > Do the job you were hired to do That's the motto of many war criminals, notably the Nazis, who were doing horrendous things to other humans, simply following orders. We each have a brain to think, and morality to guide us, and there is nothing wrong with people banding up to change what their job requires of them. That's how we got the 40 hours work week and a weekend. People gathered together and together pressured their employers to respect their demands. And now you have your Saturday and Sunday off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_o... > it is your livelihood and how you survive You are forgetting the fact that workers also have rights and also can demand things from their employers. It's not as one sided, as you try to make it sound, and as a matter of fact, it's employers who need their workers, not the other way around. > Such people were raised by others who told them that their feelings matter Not sure if this is trolling, but people's feelings do matter, and those people seem to be raised right, to have a moral spine. > than objective reality. Objective reality is that the workers are pushing the company to drop the military contracts, and, as many other cases where workers gathered together, they might actually succeed. I wish them luck!

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Larrikin 2y ago

What place is so terrible that not only do the children have to work but conditions are so bad that the children need to protest and be activists?

burner_etc23 2y ago

Dictatorships run on people who think "I was only following orders" is an adequate excuse.

solardev 2y ago

And that, folks, is how we ended up with the shitty everything we have in today's world.

ath3nd 2y ago

> Only a child brings their activism to work. Heavily disagree. We are not robots/tools to simply do what we are told, we are people with free will and morals. It's only a child that will simply do what they are told by "authority" without asking any questions, having any objections, and not having an opinion on their own. > Do the job you were hired to do That's the motto of many war criminals, notably the Nazis, who were doing horrendous things to other humans, simply following orders. We each have a brain to think, and morality to guide us, and there is nothing wrong with people banding up to change what their job requires of them. That's how we got the 40 hours work week and a weekend. People gathered together and together pressured their employers to respect their demands. And now you have your Saturday and Sunday off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Clothing_Workers_o... > it is your livelihood and how you survive You are forgetting the fact that workers also have rights and also can demand things from their employers. It's not as one sided, as you try to make it sound, and as a matter of fact, it's employers who need their workers, not the other way around. > Such people were raised by others who told them that their feelings matter Not sure if this is trolling, but people's feelings do matter, and those people seem to be raised right, to have a moral spine. > than objective reality. Objective reality is that the workers are pushing the company to drop the military contracts, and, as many other cases where workers gathered together, they might actually succeed. I wish them luck!