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Living in a Capitalist Society
3 years ago
Once upon a time...
"Oh hey, I'm totally sick today."
"Well, you can't call off. You need to work."
-Goes in to work, gets sick at work, gets yelled at for being sick at work-
Alternatively
-Goes in to work, is too ill to properly focus on work, gets yelled at for poor performance-
"Maybe I could get paid to stay home while sick?"
"Well, anyone could abuse that! People are lazy and just don't want to work!"
"Maybe all the work I put in should mean I'm not living at or below poverty levels?"
"HA! You're just too lazy/inept at money! Here's the 20 ways I pulled myself up. Let's start with the condos my family owned..."
Capitalism is always about punishing the poor. Keeping them poor. Blaming them for their poverty. And, if you're Christian, ignoring the Christ that tells you to give up your riches to the poor and follow Him. Because it's much easier to buy into the idea the poor are either ordained to be poor by God or suffering the consequences of their choices than to buy into the idea it's your responsibility to help people out.
"Well, you can't call off. You need to work."
-Goes in to work, gets sick at work, gets yelled at for being sick at work-
Alternatively
-Goes in to work, is too ill to properly focus on work, gets yelled at for poor performance-
"Maybe I could get paid to stay home while sick?"
"Well, anyone could abuse that! People are lazy and just don't want to work!"
"Maybe all the work I put in should mean I'm not living at or below poverty levels?"
"HA! You're just too lazy/inept at money! Here's the 20 ways I pulled myself up. Let's start with the condos my family owned..."
Capitalism is always about punishing the poor. Keeping them poor. Blaming them for their poverty. And, if you're Christian, ignoring the Christ that tells you to give up your riches to the poor and follow Him. Because it's much easier to buy into the idea the poor are either ordained to be poor by God or suffering the consequences of their choices than to buy into the idea it's your responsibility to help people out.
Personally, I think a better name for what the Christianists have done is "making a deal with the devil"...and when you make a deal with the devil, the devil always wins.
*I call them "Christianists" as opposed to actual Christians, because they cherry-pick whatever they can find in the bible to justify their beliefs; in the long run, they want to turn America into a "Christian" nation. If they were (or will be) lucky enough to meet their Savior someday...he would vomit on their hypocrisy.
i'll leave that as my reply4u here, for now, gare