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[–] CubitOom 240 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

This is not a depiction of a village, this is what happens when the village no longer exists and everyone has to live in isolation from any social safety nets. Or to put it another way, Neoliberalism.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do think there is value in pointing out how even in the most horrid conditions humans have the capacity to be nice to each other

[–] CubitOom 0 points 2 days ago

I don't think I understand. Who is being nice in this picture? The manager for letting her employee work while they care for her daughter in a dangerous work environment prone to spills, slips, cuts, burns and other risks?

Don't you think there should be a better solution?

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