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> though it's irrelevant to my arguments and generally none of your business. I don't think it's irrelevant because certain foundations predispose one to certa
by forgotpwtomain 9y ago
> though it's irrelevant to my arguments and generally none of your business.
I don't think it's irrelevant because certain foundations predispose one to certain lines of arguments. Particularly
>> If adults with kids aren't qualified for something more involved or demanding than grocery bagging
Not all adults have had an equal opportunity to obtain a skill-set that would qualify them for a better job and once you are stuck barely scraping by with a livable-wage it's very difficult to alter that situation. Culture and upbringing play a large part; children are easily impressionable, those growing up in troubled families or neighborhoods are less likely to do well in school and less likely to gain a skill-set that they would need to provide more value in the future.
> what is relevant was that earning minimum wage as a teenager helped my blue collar family since I paid for my own clothes, transportation, gas, food, school incidentals, and many other expenses.
I think it's great you were able to do that, but that doesn't mean that this minimum-wage would be sufficient for someone without a family to support them, or trying to acquire a skill-set later in their twenties.
- humanrebar 9y ago> I don't think it's irrelevant because certain foundations predispose one to certain lines of arguments. Regardless, bringing personal history into it is bad reasoning and unnecessarily divisive at best. And at times it brings out the worst in people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority