From there the “virtuous” poor are taught to internalize and value that virtue. They grow to hate the rich not for their theft of resources, time, and security, but for their vices, for their refusal to work harder than the poor should be asked to work, for their possessing the freedoms rather than denying the same to the poor. And thus eventually the vanities are burnt, puritainism takes root, and a fetishization of misery becomes the hyperreal symbol for morality and virtue, ultimately replacing them.
I will not hate the rich for any joy they take in life except where it harms those who can’t walk away. I will hate them for their theft from us and attempt to control us and for their hypocrisy to those of us who labor and our friends, family, and neighbors who cannot.
One of the worst things about this is in my opinion that they call their boredom activities “work” and claim to work 16 hours each day while calling their employees lazy for not working round the clock and on weekends.
It’s the kid in the group project that claims they did more work than everybody else and tells the teacher to give them bad grades.
It’s the partner that says they do the majority of the chores.
It’s literally the iamsosmart person, who’s really just an actual idiot with low empathy, who grew up and never actually grew up.
“I have to sit through a three hour, one thousand dollar a plate lunch meeting three times a week with the dullest assholes imaginable, that’s work.”
It does sound like work though.
But it’s just lunch with the family.
Bring on the global revolution: it can’t happen soon enough.
Gonna be hard to pin down those “invisible” rich assholes
It’s also amazing how many people are willing to die for the maintenance of the status quo that actively punishes them - some poor people will gladly defend the interest of the rich
That’s the problem when you’re born into the workforce and rarely ever find a minute to reflect about life and society. And if work should leave you some spare time, there is a partner and probably kids or pets or both. Anything to keep you away from pondering. That’s how you breed obedient lil wage-slaves who don’t even understand what they’re protecting.
if don’t work then:
- if ur rich, u don’t need to
- if not, u rely on welfare programs
of those that are not rich, and not working, there are some that cant work, or cant find work, and don’t want to work. the first two groups seem to get ignored and the last one gets all the negative publicity
That is true. I have never been judged for being lazy as fuck, despite having not worked a single minute in the last >20yrs (not paid, only voluntary “work”).
Poor people I know get judged for that all the time, constantly. Even though most of them couldn’t even work, even if they wanted to. Due to traumata or more visible disabilities. And they also get judged by the rich AND poor alike. The rich managed to portray these as the scapegoats for why everything sucks. Disgusting.
I don’t even get the folks wanting people who don’t want to work working. Have you ever worked with folks that don’t want to work. I would rather they be sitting on the couch getting high. basic income all the way.
The article is over 7 years old…
And?
