• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Speak for yourself. I work as an electrician at a hydropower plant. I suppose you could debate whether my job role matters or not, but if you like that your kettle, TV, phone and everything else that requires electricity works, then I think you’d be hard pushed.

    I do agree strongly that some of the worst paid jobs are the most valuable. One of the best things to come out of the pandemic was a big push for unionism and I hope it stays that way.

    Unfortunately in our current society, we need to work. I quite like the idea of not being destitute when I reach retirement age. I’d love to spend all my time following my passions but I need to be realistic.

    The climate problem is interesting. Some countries are moving towards being CO2 neutral. I hope that others will follow them and it won’t be too late.

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      1 year ago

      Speak for yourself.

      I’m an aerospace engineer, and my role is critical to the success of our project. Actually, I haven’t worked a professional job where that wasn’t the case. You’re not going to change my mind about how our society is structured. We’ve all been duped into participating in a system that is pushing us to extinction, and it’s insane

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        1 year ago

        I could argue that we’d get by without planes. There are many much more environmentally friendly modes of travel.

        Now you tell me how we get by without electricity, especially from sources that are environmentally friendly.