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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Stuff like this and the "base" he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes. Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106

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[-] doleo@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Serious question: what actually is the value of hard work?

[-] LHookham@c.im 23 points 1 year ago

@doleo @Ulrich_the_Old
It is a concept that supposedly is needed in order for us to succeed. As a concept, it is used to bury the fact that many of our “successful” citizens (read rich) actually inherited their monies or “knew someone”. It is also used to explain poverty…. That is, if you are not successful, it is your own fault because you did not work hard enough.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Basically victim blaming and on the flip side of the coin pretending that the presence of wealth proves that they deserve what they own.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's not victim blaming to say something is your fault for choosing the wrong parents to be born to! Sheesh!

[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

A ruined body probably

[-] atyaz@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

It was common for european colonizers to say this about indigenous people, basically meaning that they don't participate in the world economy. Or, said another way, they're not being exploited for profits by said european colonizers, which is obviously bad.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Your hard work makes rich people richer.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It all ties in that neoliberal belief that pure meritocracy is real and desirable.

[-] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Explain pierre and meritocracy? You will never ever make me believe his rise to leader of the conservative party was due to merit...

[-] folkrav@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Re-read my comment, you may have misinterpreted me 👍

[-] Navy@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

You're looking at it backwards, he's the head of the party so he must have worked very hard.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

To people like him, it’s valuable for people to get used to being submissive, learn the futility of questioning authority, and earn just enough to shut up and not be a “financial burden” on the country.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I knew it as the opposite of lazy. it did not mean you were overworked, just that you were self motivated. But I think that terminooogy has changed a lot with corporate expectationa

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

They mean the willingness to work.

And that fucking clown is obviously a racist, just ignore him.

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