• bstix@feddit.dk
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    11 hours ago

    especially someone

    This word is the issue that is grinding gears and it’s carrying a heavy weight.

    What’s your take on handicapped people?

    Is someone who has worked 20 years in a factory and got run over by a forklift and lost both legs somehow worth more than someone who was born without legs to begin with?

    I believe a society can be measured by how it treats its weakest member. Or the actual quote:

    the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members

    None of this prohibits anyone from making more money by working harder than others.

    The moment when a society starts arguing over who is more eligible for welfare, that’s when that society moves down to the lowest level that it’s willing to offer.

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      9 hours ago

      People with disabilities generally want to and can work, even if some can only do a reduced workweek and possibly need suitable workplaces and jobs (as we all do). Establishing full employment and guarantee of jobs to anyone who can work while accommodating the needs of the people who can’t work to the same degree and providing equally for them, is the goal IMO.

    • Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Youre dismissing the actual need to appeal to an audience. Even those who do not share your particular philosophy.

      Its simply an appeal to the capitalist or blue and white collar workers alike.

      Some have a living wage. Some take full advantage of the current system and have no qualms.

      If your point is that we shouldn’t attempt to appeal to them because its fruitless that is fine. Just understand, the message was not for you.