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It's an Elon post so obviously he's just bullshitting, but I've seen this kind of sentiment among Amerikkkans broadly throughout my life, from the days of the Global War Of Terror up to now. It's even a common insult/comeback in media for basically any mildly disruptive behavior. Why the fuck is there this mindset that the only reason someone would ever protest or challenge the government because they don't have a job? Or that somehow having a job places you under a magical trance that makes you Fall In Line? For a country that emphasizes """freedom""" USians sure love the idea of being subservient for money.

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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And it’s such a dumb moral standard because you literally need to wait for a rich person’s permission before you can absolve yourself.

You know, the lazy snobby fucks who are such vehement perfectionists they will write you off as a village idiot for somehow not having a stem PhD and 10+ years of experience at 18 for their dishwasher job?

And how many “unemployed losers” are really the very CS grads they asked for years ago and then on one arbitrary day decided “no thanks, the tech sector’s all set for workers! We good now, have fun starving!”

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

That last paragraph is a mirror 🙃