• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yeah no. I refuse to be someone who thinks someone’s worth is worthless because of the labour they do. Every job is important. Every job is necessary. I’ve never said wages or other such things should be equal but every man’s labour should be considered equal. Everyone does a job for a reason and every job is required for other jobs to function.

    Just because you think a janitor’s job doesn’t matter in society as much as a heart surgeon still doesn’t change my opinion.

    And you might want to look up what a strawman argument is, because I don’t think you understand the definition correctly. You’re the one who brought up janitor vs heart surgeon, not me. Last I checked, BOTH JOBS ARE NECESSARY JOBS AND BOTH ARE EQUAL IN THEIR WORTH.

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      2 days ago

      ok. maybe this will help.

      Lets say there is a shortage of trauma surgeons and a shortage of theme park groundskeepers ride engineers. Is fixing one of these shortages more important?

      Does that imply anything about the relative value of the labor being performed?

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        2 days ago

        How much you wanna bet the guy is just gonna ignore your comment or claim that you hate theme park staff?

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      2 days ago

      worthless because of the labour they do

      That is not what the other person is saying. Stop being dumb.

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        2 days ago

        I love the fact we’re in a work reform instance and people are falling over backwards to dehumanize labour.

        It’s remarkable. They literally said someone who sweeps the floors is worth less than someone giving a heart transplant, but the person sweeping the floors is integral to that surgeon performing the heart transplant.

        And so many people here want to completely say the work by the janitor which is essential to the work of the surgeon should be worth less.

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          16 hours ago

          I hope you maintain that position when you go in for lifesaving surgery and it’s just some dude with a broom.