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I volunteered at a school. Rather than celebrating Christmas or Halloween, they had to celebrate Diwali because Christmas/Halloween might be too offensive or no

I volunteered at a school. Rather than celebrating Christmas or Halloween, they had to celebrate Diwali because Christmas/Halloween might be too offensive or not inclusive enough. The country has gone mad.

komali2 1y ago
1. I don't believe your framing 2. What's wrong with celebrating Diwali? 3. Why should anyone care? Did anyone stop you from celebrating Christmas with your friends and family? P.s. according to your post history you have based anti capitalist positioning on the pointlessness of most white collar labor, what happened to make you participate on the wrong side in a meaningless culture war that's just a distraction from the reduction in material conditions of the working class?
- password321 1y ago
  Well of course you don’t believe me, it goes against your narrative. But I’m sure someone living in Taiwan knows better than someone British currently in the UK. Also that is quite an overreach on basic observations that are generally agreed upon and weren't anti-capitalist.
  - olddustytrail 1y ago
    I don't believe you because I live in the UK and the idea that people don't celebrate Christmas is beyond moronic. The shops start doing Christmas stuff the day after Halloween. It's unending Christmas songs for two months. Tell me you seriously didn't notice this.
    - password321 1y ago
      Shops != schools. Go to a school, they are brainwashing children. Shops will do whatever makes them profit, they are not strictly run by the government.
      - olddustytrail 1y ago
        Schools are not strictly run by the government either. Learn how schools work before commenting. A fair number of my family are teachers so check your facts before trying your lazy assertions.
  - komali2 1y ago
    2. What's wrong with celebrating Diwali? 3. Why should anyone care? Most neoliberals (your entire political class) would vehemently disagree with the idea that the labor market is as high as 30% inefficiency, least of all in white collar jobs. That's not how they believe capitalism works. In their fantasy, pointless jobs can't exist, or at least not at such a high volume, since the invisible hand of the market would eliminate them. You are of course right and they are wrong but my point is not many would agree with us.

komali2 1y ago

1. I don't believe your framing 2. What's wrong with celebrating Diwali? 3. Why should anyone care? Did anyone stop you from celebrating Christmas with your friends and family? P.s. according to your post history you have based anti capitalist positioning on the pointlessness of most white collar labor, what happened to make you participate on the wrong side in a meaningless culture war that's just a distraction from the reduction in material conditions of the working class?

password321 1y ago
Well of course you don’t believe me, it goes against your narrative. But I’m sure someone living in Taiwan knows better than someone British currently in the UK. Also that is quite an overreach on basic observations that are generally agreed upon and weren't anti-capitalist.
- olddustytrail 1y ago
  I don't believe you because I live in the UK and the idea that people don't celebrate Christmas is beyond moronic. The shops start doing Christmas stuff the day after Halloween. It's unending Christmas songs for two months. Tell me you seriously didn't notice this.
  - password321 1y ago
    Shops != schools. Go to a school, they are brainwashing children. Shops will do whatever makes them profit, they are not strictly run by the government.
    - olddustytrail 1y ago
      Schools are not strictly run by the government either. Learn how schools work before commenting. A fair number of my family are teachers so check your facts before trying your lazy assertions.
- komali2 1y ago
  2. What's wrong with celebrating Diwali? 3. Why should anyone care? Most neoliberals (your entire political class) would vehemently disagree with the idea that the labor market is as high as 30% inefficiency, least of all in white collar jobs. That's not how they believe capitalism works. In their fantasy, pointless jobs can't exist, or at least not at such a high volume, since the invisible hand of the market would eliminate them. You are of course right and they are wrong but my point is not many would agree with us.