What did Thomas Jefferson say about each generation’s struggle for liberty?

  • disregardable@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    No matter how you distribute income, it is never going to be comfortable to pick pineapples, slaughter animals, weld metal, repair sewers, or arrest criminals. Comfort is simply not in the job description. Someone has to lose. We can’t all be software developers and artists.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      What?!

      Plenty of people would be willing to contribute some labor towards society…

      You legitimately think if everyone’s needs were met past the limits of basic and I to the “comfortable” range, absolutely no one would want to be productive?

      That is just…

      The most depressing view on humanity I’ve heard in a long time, but I guess Republicans and neoliberals have been making that argument against welfare for decades now. Just weird to see on lemmy

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        This response is weird. It’s like you ignored what I wrote completely and only wanted to read some completely different stereotypical point.

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            53 minutes ago

            Disregardable vs Givesomefucks. You two chose usernames on the opposite ends of apathy and action. That this person engages in performative debate should not be surprising, either they think themselves disregardable or they are telling you upfront what the merit of any response you offer will be.