2026-09-24 14:30 UTC
When I was a kid, it was very much so hammered home not just that it was possible to get yourself a job that changes the world, but that you SHOULD. That it's a moral thing to work hard for the benefit of the country.
Are we going to do that at Wal-Mart?
I'm very wary of the push for socialism, and it's not at all because I don't believe in a safety net or hate sharing. And it's not because I think people who receive benefits are lazy. I'm going to the doctor today, courtesy of Medi-Cal.
But
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@smutmag@mstdn.social 2026-09-24 14:33
what worries me is that it seems to be a capitulation to low wage, meaningless work. It makes what employers are doing okay. It makes a lack of arts funding okay. It makes teachers paying for their own supplies okay. It makes Wal-Mart--a meaningless job that only helps the Walton family--a perfectly fine outcome. The problem is that we often participate in democracy through our work, our businesses, our purpose.