• LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 hours ago

    This is a weird take to me. Why should we not idolize and revere workers who do critical labor on which our society depends? I understand objecting to the lack of idolization for other forms of labor. But to say that you dont afford respect and admiration to workers performing any labor is odd.

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      4 hours ago

      Why would you idolize anyone? To err is human; we all have flaws and just because you have a fancy profession does not mean you are a good person.

      • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 hours ago

        I moreso meant that I think glorifying the labor of working class people in general is a good thing. Not any one particular form of labor, just all forms of labor in general. Of course all people have flaws and are imperfect, I never suggested otherwise.

        I’m not a Marxist-Leninist, far from it, but I do appreciate broad strokes the art they made glorifying the labor of the working class. Even though they constantly disrespected workers and acted against their rights, they nominally fostered a culture that glorified the labor done by workers every day. I think that on the whole is a good thing. I think it’s good to show a reverence for workers of all types.

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      11 hours ago

      I respect workers by wanting them to get their fair share of the labor.

      I don’t need to start rating people based on their profession and denigrating most workers for not having these auraful jobs.