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Empathy for what? Someone has to be a garbage man, sorry not everyone can write music and novels all day.

• iudqnolq 7y ago
  Unfortunate realities aren't something to be proud of. Just because it's necessary doesn't make it good, and doesn't mean you can't have empathy
• coldtea 7y ago
  Easy to say when one is not the garbage man... Not to mention that it's not true that "someone has to be a garbage man" (anymore so than a woman must "clean the dishes" in a household). People could be responsible for cleaning up their own shit, or take turns to do it. The same way Japanese schoolchildren are made to clean their own school (toilets etc) - and in many armies, soldiers do that for their units too. So, no some specific person relegated to clean up others' shit is not "required".
  • seibelj 7y ago
    I am constantly amazed by the guilt people feel that others have to work jobs that they feel are “beneath” them. No, we don’t need some sort of utopian society where we all rotate jobs so we all get to experience what being a garbage man is like. You are an elitist that believes “dirty jobs” are shameful and something to feel bad about. You must live an exhausting life. I’m happy there are people all throughout society who still get stuff done and keep the world turning.
    • coldtea 7y ago
      >You are an elitist that believes “dirty jobs” are shameful and something to feel bad about. Well, you are conveniently not a garbage man.