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Somehow in North America we have convinced ourselves that some jobs are "beneath us"... I'm sorry, but there are kinds of labor that are "beneath" human beings

by rosser 12y ago

Somehow in North America we have convinced ourselves that some jobs are "beneath us"... I'm sorry, but there are kinds of labor that are "beneath" human beings. We don't yet live in a world where people don't have to do those things, but that doesn't change one whit the fact that some basic, minimum level of human dignity, and some of the kinds of work humans have to do are fundamentally incompatible.

plg 12y ago
sure I agree with you there... but I guess my point is that our threshold for being "beneath" us is presently way too high (at least in north america)
sciguy77 12y ago
I think the OP was talking more about woodworkers and other craftsmen than poop-shovelers and toilet cleaners.