• jimbolauski@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This notion that medevil peasants worked less and were somehow better off is ridiculous. I’d gladly work an extra 20 hours a week for indoor plumbing, electricity, cars, cell phones, modern medical care, education, lack of dragons,…

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      1 year ago

      lack of dragons

      Speak for yourself, jeez! I’d gladly pick up a second job in exchange for dragons existing :P

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      1 year ago

      modern medical care, education

      The wealthy have done a fantastic job of taking those away, along with social security and retirement. Be clear, your plumbing, electricity, cars, and cell phones are absolutely on the chopping block as the gap gets wider.

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          1 year ago

          I have access to an emergency room in exchange for bankruptcy, and higher education is only attainable through a loan that rivals the size of a mortgage from 10 years ago.

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            1 year ago

            Do you have access to clinics or family medicine?

            Do you have access to community colleges and trade schools?

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              Quite frankly no, due to them being cost prohibitive. Myself and many others forego healthcare due to the bills we know we can’t afford, thanks to obscenely high deductibles.

              No, community colleges and trade schools are also prohibitively expensive for most people unless you take out a student loan that rivals what mortgages were just 10 years ago.

              It’s as if you don’t go outside and touch grass, or talk to common people. I’m guessing we should just pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, except we don’t have socks, let alone shoes or boots with straps to even tug on. Fuck you’re annoying.

              “Do you have access? blah blah blah fucking blah I don’t read shit or have a clue about what reality actually looks like”

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                1 year ago

                You choosing to forgo medical care, or higher learning is your choice, you still have access to it. You may be one of the bottom 1%, where being a barely literate peasant is an improvement on your life.

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                  1 year ago

                  “It’S yOuR cHoICe” - yeah, real great fucking choice for us to go into debt for things we shouldn’t be able to. It’s also my choice to vote to change the system, which I’m going to exercise. My parents were able to buy a house that fit their income, when they had kids they had to pay $20 to use the tv in the hospital room but the food was all complimentary, and a bachelor’s degree use to be optional if you wanted to make a good living.

                  As for the “barely literate peasant”, you’re a vituperative miserable mound of pond sludge that can go fuck yourself. Also, have a nice day.

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                    I get it, you want other people to pay for your education and medical care. Good news many companies have programs that will pay for advanced degrees, most require your supervisor to approve so you may have to apply yourself.

                    Remember your argument is that people were better off as medevil presents, don’t get upset when you are compared to one.