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It's not about the definition of "dead weight", people are downvoting you because it's a fairly mean phrase to use to refer to your fellow human beings.
by lucasmullens 7y ago
It's not about the definition of "dead weight", people are downvoting you because it's a fairly mean phrase to use to refer to your fellow human beings.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoAnimats may be saying thats what a capitalist system treats the downtrodden, but the actual actions are by that very capitalist system. In order to face a problem, you have to be able to talk about it. And capitalism stratifies the "work" and "cannot work" brutally. And as a killing blow, then proceeds to separate food/shelter/communications and the means to try to make oneself better. In this way, capitalism forces the poverty-stricken to rely on charity of others, for 'market forces' nearly removes the ability to climb the ladder of success. If you find using the term "dead weight" abhorrent (as I do), what are you doing about the root cause; capitalism?
- hndamien 7y agoBailing out the banks and instituting QE is not capitalism.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoNo true Scotsman fallacy. Please tell us what is capitalism.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoIt's a statement describing his take on the situation, not an insult.