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Will war be used to ignore, condemn, or even smash the working class?

I'm already hearing a lot of rhetoric about how Americans will just have to suck up much higher inflation in the coming years and shouldn't complain because we all have to make sacrifices. Except the sacrifices will be much easier for the affluent and will drive many workers into desperation and even homelessness. It's seeming like people talking about their personal struggles will become faux pas because the global struggle is what really matters. I remember the Iraq War and the Bush years, and in the 2000s the plight of the working class became far worse than it had been. But discussing it often brought mockery and dismissal because “terrorism” was the REAL issue, not people's personal problems like poverty and struggling to afford necessities. The situation today looks like it will go in that direction but even more severely. Am I the only one sensing this? Edit: Will discussing…

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I work as a restaurant health inspector and the abuse I see in the industry is disgusting.

Recently I've seen a lot of understaffing and complete shit shows of restaurants. They will have completely unsafe food practices and when it's brought up to the owners, they just blame the employees. It disgusts me. It is up to the owners of the restaurant to properly train employees, yet they never want to take the blame themselves. Recently, I had to shut down a restaurant that was a disaster. The owner never took responsibility for not training his employees. When he found out what happened, he fired a bunch of them. FOR HIS LACK OF TRAINING THEM. When I was there, he just kept yelling at everybody. He of course tried to blame it on covid and was saying he couldn't get any employees to stay. I asked him what he paid his employees. 11 dollars an hour! The McDonald's down the road pays 15 to start. Like come…

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Watched a guy on a corner put a whole mini bottle of alcohol in his to go cup as he crossed the street into work (food industry)

He was wearing an obvious uninform for a corporate food locale. I’ve never been at that stage of my work career, but I laughed and said I wasn’t going to say anything and to have a great shift. America today.

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You should be given the day off for your birthday, with very few exceptions

That is all

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Why do so many bosses insist we come to work with food poisoning, vomiting blood, sickness etc and why isn’t it a major news story that your barista might have active diarrhea while serving you?

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Are we low balling ourselves for decades to come by pushing for a $15 minimum wage?

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Farmer realizes if he pays a decent wage he’ll get more workers.

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Just saw this in AITA….

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[LIVE]Remember you are replaceable. Oil Company is about to kill 4 of 5 commercial divers after a freak accident sucked them into a 36″ pipeline filled with crude oil

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Anti-capitalism is flooding TikTok as young people question a life that prioritizes productivity over well-being