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		weakfish on April 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does “shitty job” mean in the low-skill, low-... “Things are worse somewhere else, therefore we shouldn’t improve anything here”

hhlevnjak3 on April 17, 2022 [–]

Or put differently, if we can't improve things in a rich society, how do we expect it to improve elsewhere.

erikerikson on April 17, 2022 | [–]

Or, perhaps, help offer better options everywhere so that the tide rises?

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