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t1_j2ekp2m wrote

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I knew someone would say that. šŸ˜Š

Iā€™m actually doing better than Iā€™ve been in all my 48 years.

There is an implication that one can ā€œpull themselves up by their bootstrapsā€ in these posts. That can be valuable but there are also increasing systemic forces that prevent people from just ā€œhaving a good dayā€ and turning things around with their attitude.

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t1_j2d0kpi wrote

ā€¦Get involved in labour action and mass strikes. ā€œHaving a good attitudeā€ is and the the implication that working harder will get you somewhere is complete bullshit.

We need to change the messaging on these ā€motivationalā€ trite phrases. Itā€™s not the 90s.

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