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it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The overlap of people willing to let themselves be beat down and exploited at work, and the people that would actually fight and die for democracy is slim to none.

[โ€“] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Resource extraction companies are notoriously bad employers. I'd bet there's more of an overlap in those sort of jobs.