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It's a bit of a sunk "skill" fallacy isn't it? The world is full of "yokels" that have (for reasons of convenience/necessity) already built the skill base to (r
by WorldMaker 6y ago
It's a bit of a sunk "skill" fallacy isn't it? The world is full of "yokels" that have (for reasons of convenience/necessity) already built the skill base to (re)build an ICE vehicle "for fun" by doing mechanic work on previous vehicles. That lots of people have learned such skills does nothing to diminish the complexity of them. If anything it probably further shows the imbalance (class divide) in society's value of the skills that rarely are degrees awarded for learning them and people think of highly skilled practitioners of such skills sometimes still as "yokels with a garage".
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoBut you got the point, right? And the fact that non-yokels also build cars, does not diminish the point.
- WorldMaker 6y agoNo, I think you entirely missed my point: there is no such thing as an "unskilled" yokel out there building a car from "scratch" or rebuilding an engine, no matter how redneck their garage. You seem to have dismissed the complex, hard learned skills of a large group of people, presumably because those are blue collar skills you don't seem to respect.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoSorry. I know some personally. I respect them deeply. I know they're yokels. They know it too. We're not all prideful hipsters here in the midwest. We can actually be proud of our heritage and condition. Its something to do with our independent streak.