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"I kind of rule the skies" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

This is a weird take to me. Why should we not idolize and revere workers who do critical labor on which our society depends? I understand objecting to the lack of idolization for other forms of labor. But to say that you dont afford respect and admiration to workers performing any labor is odd.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I respect workers by wanting them to get their fair share of the labor.

    I don't need to start rating people based on their profession and denigrating most workers for not having these auraful jobs.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Why would you idolize anyone? To err is human; we all have flaws and just because you have a fancy profession does not mean you are a good person.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I moreso meant that I think glorifying the labor of working class people in general is a good thing. Not any one particular form of labor, just all forms of labor in general. Of course all people have flaws and are imperfect, I never suggested otherwise.

    I'm not a Marxist-Leninist, far from it, but I do appreciate broad strokes the art they made glorifying the labor of the working class. Even though they constantly disrespected workers and acted against their rights, they nominally fostered a culture that glorified the labor done by workers every day. I think that on the whole is a good thing. I think it's good to show a reverence for workers of all types.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Fair enough but this doesn't make much sense to me in the context of this post, since it implies that pilots are / should be idolized more than any of the other travelers (also mostly labourers of some sort) or other airport staff.

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