• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    9 hours ago

    Usually people use the term “unskilled labor” as justification that those working said jobs don’t have any skills and therefore shouldn’t earn a living wage.

    The anger isn’t in the denotation of the term, but the connotation.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah you have to remember to look at it through the conservative lens where humanity is inherently hierarchical and social darwinism means the lesser tiers of society do not deserve your attention.