Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoit's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely knowmessage-squaremessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down1103
arrow-up1351arrow-down1message-squareit's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely knowBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilink
minus-square30mag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·1 year agoYou don't get shot for quitting your job.
minus-squareSirsnuffles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoI would starve without a job. (without welfare, in some countries, this is not enough) There is an order of magnitude here. In a way, I’m being hyperbolic. But I do want to highlight the similarity between the two.
You don't get shot for quitting your job.
I would starve without a job. (without welfare, in some countries, this is not enough)
There is an order of magnitude here. In a way, I’m being hyperbolic. But I do want to highlight the similarity between the two.
I understand.