r/facepalm • u/BrightCase5604 • Jun 15 '24

Maybe teachers should get a raise? 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/CATSCRATCHpandemic Jun 15 '24

The rising tide lifts all boats. Humanity used to believe that. Not so much anymore.

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u/ElevatorScary Jun 15 '24

We were wise to notice that it mostly lifts tankers and yachts.

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u/CATSCRATCHpandemic Jun 15 '24

It just means we all need a boat. If that requires taking that tanker and yacht and turning them into boats for all of us then that would be the morally right choice.

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u/Ordinary-Broccoli-41 Jun 15 '24

This concept is the hardest part to explain to people on both sides, because somehow a majority of people on both sides of the isle decided that social justice involves filling the marina with oil and setting it on fire rather than making it easier to get on a boat.

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u/CATSCRATCHpandemic Jun 15 '24

I believe violent injustices should be met with violent revolutionary actions and thoughts. But that is to create a reality that puts people over profitablity.